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'''Robert Capa''' (real name: Endre Ernő Friedmann) was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist  photographer, founder of  Magnum Photos agency, with [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], [[David Seymour]], [[William Vandivert]] and [[George Rodger]]. He documented the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War.
  
October 22, 1913
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==Literature==
Died May 25, 1954 (aged 40)
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* ''Death in the Making'', 1938
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* ''The Battle of Waterloo Road'', 1941
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* ''Invasion!'', 1944
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* ''Slightly Out of Focus'', Henry Holt and Co., New York, 1947
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* ''A Russian Journal'', by [[John Steinbeck]] and Robert Capa, Viking, New York, 1948
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* ''Report on Israel'', by [[Irwin Shaw]] and Robert Capa, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1950
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* ''Robert Capa: Photographs'', Aperture Foundation Inc., 1996
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** [[Media:Robert-capa-photos-2000.pdf|''Robert Capa: Photographs'']], trans. Beatriz Karam Guimares, Cosac & Naify Edicoes, Sao Paulo, 2000
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* ''Heart of Spain'', 1999
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* ''Robert Capa: The Definitive Collection'', Phaidon Press Ltd, UK, 2001
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* ''Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa'', 2002
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* ''Robert Capa Connu et Inconnu'', BNF éditions, Paris, 2004
  
'''Robert Capa''' (real name: Endre Ernő Friedmann) was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist  photographer, founder of  Magnum Photos agency, with [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], [[David Seymour]], [[William Vandivert]] and [[George Rodger]]. He documented the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War.
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==Awards==
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* ''War Cross with Palm'' from the French Army (posthumously), 1954     
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==

Revision as of 09:23, 14 January 2014


Robert Capaa (photo by Ruth Orkin, 1952).
Born October 22, 1913(1913-10-22)
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died May 25, 1954(1954-05-25) (aged 40)
Thai Binh, State of Vietnam

Robert Capa (real name: Endre Ernő Friedmann) was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist photographer, founder of Magnum Photos agency, with Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour, William Vandivert and George Rodger. He documented the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War.

Literature

  • Death in the Making, 1938
  • The Battle of Waterloo Road, 1941
  • Invasion!, 1944
  • Slightly Out of Focus, Henry Holt and Co., New York, 1947
  • A Russian Journal, by John Steinbeck and Robert Capa, Viking, New York, 1948
  • Report on Israel, by Irwin Shaw and Robert Capa, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1950
  • Robert Capa: Photographs, Aperture Foundation Inc., 1996
  • Heart of Spain, 1999
  • Robert Capa: The Definitive Collection, Phaidon Press Ltd, UK, 2001
  • Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa, 2002
  • Robert Capa Connu et Inconnu, BNF éditions, Paris, 2004

Awards

  • War Cross with Palm from the French Army (posthumously), 1954

Links