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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.
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[[File:Capa_robert_ms_2010_74_111.jpg|thumb|250px| roll film of The Spanish Civil War, ''Battle of Teruel, Spain'', December 1937]]
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'''Robert Capa''' (born Endre Ernő Friedmann) was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist, co-founder of  Magnum Photos agency. 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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==Works==
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<gallery>
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File:Capa robert 2489 1992.jpg|''Tour de France bicycle race, France'', July 1939
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File:Capa robert 2491 1992.jpg|''Watching the Tour de France in front of the bicycle shop owned by Pierre Cloarec, one of the cyclists in the race'', Pleyben, Brittany, France, July 1939
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File:Capa robert 2492 1992.jpg|''Watching the Tour de France in front of the bicycle shop owned by Pierre Cloarec, one of the cyclists in the race'', Pleyben, Brittany, France, July 1939
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File:Capa robert 658 1992.jpg|''Soldier of the Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (POUM) with dove'', Aragón, Spain, August 1936
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File:Capa robert 2488 1992.jpg|''Boys on bicycles discussing the Tour de France bicycle race'', Paris, July 1939
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File:Capa robert 2516 1992.jpg|''Adolphe Max, burgomater (mayor) of the city for thirty years, with his dog Happy'', Brussels, 1939
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File:Capa robert 623 1992.jpg|''Anarchist graffiti'', Santa Eulalia, Aragón front, Spain, 1936
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File:Capa robert 1627 1992.jpg|''Rickshaws, Hankou, China'', March 1938
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File:Capa robert 2421 1992.jpg|''Members of a Laurel and Hardy fan club in masks'', Paris, 1937
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File:Capa_robert_2744_1992.jpg|''Young women being trained as Nationalist soldiers'', Hankou, China, 1938
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File:Capa robert 3238 1992.jpg|''Eiffel Tower, [[Paris]]'', July 1952
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File:Capa robert 3329 1992.jpg|''[[Henri Matisse]] in bed working, his black cat at his feet'', (Cimiez) Nice, France, August 1949
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File:Capa_robert_190_1992.jpg|''Bastille Day'', Marseille, France, July 14, 1935
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File:Capa robert 2442 1992.jpg|''Crowd in front of political posters the day of the election run-offs that would put into power the leftist-liberal Popular Front coalition government'', Saint-Denis, France, May 3, 1936
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File:Capa robert 2494 1992.jpg|''Picnickers watching the Tour de France bicycle race'', France, June–July 1939
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File:Capa_robert_2487_1992.jpg|''Tour de France cyclist with neighborhood children before the race, Paris'', June–July 1939
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File:Capa robert 304 1992.jpg|''Maurice Thorez, Paul Faure, and Victor Basch on Place de la Bastille'', Bastille Day, Paris, July 14, 1936
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File:Capa robert 2428 1992.jpg|''Jacques Duclos, one of the leaders of the French Communist party, addressing the crowd on Bastille Day'', Paris, July 14, 1937
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File:Capa robert 2458 1992.jpg|''People waving flags from window on Bastille Day'', Paris, July 14, 1936
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File:Capa robert 2468 1992.jpg|''Children marching in Bastille Day parade'', Paris, July 14, 1936
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File:Capa robert 2949 1992.jpg|''British surgical unit working in an operating room set up in a church, Maiori, Italy'', September 19, 1943
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File:Capa robert 2951 1992.jpg|''Two soldiers in a hospital set up in a church, Maiori'', Italy, September 19, 1943
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File:Capa robert 3028 1992.jpg|''Interior of rubble-filled church, Normandy'', June–July 1944
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File:Capa robert 2425 1992.jpg|''Dancing in the street on the evening of Bastille Day'', Paris, July 14, 1936
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File:Capa robert 2467 1992.jpg|''Bastille Day parade float featuring the Soviet writer Maxim Gorky, who was revered by the international Communist movement and had died a few weeks earlier, Paris'', July 14, 1936
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File:Capa robert 2469 1992.jpg|''Veterans of World War I in the Armistice Day parade commemorating the anniversary of the end of that war, Paris'', November 11, 1936
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File:Capa robert 2723 1992.jpg|''Children playing in the snow, Hankou, China'', March 1938
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File:Hemingway_by_robert_capa.jpg|[[Ernest Hemingway]] reading his notes, Sun Valley, Idaho, 1940-41
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File:Capa robert 2991 1992.jpg|''American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, Normandy'', France, June 6, 1944
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File:Capa robert 2417 1992.jpg|''Women eating and drinking on a stone bench'', Lisieux, France, ca. 1936
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==Literature==
 
==Literature==
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* ''Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa'', 2002
 
* ''Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa'', 2002
 
* ''Robert Capa Connu et Inconnu'', BNF éditions, Paris, 2004
 
* ''Robert Capa Connu et Inconnu'', BNF éditions, Paris, 2004
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==Awards==
 
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* ''War Cross with Palm'' from the French Army (posthumously), 1954     
 
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa Capa on Wikipedia]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa Capa at Wikipedia]
  
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Revision as of 11:27, 2 June 2015


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
roll film of The Spanish Civil War, Battle of Teruel, Spain, December 1937

Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann) was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist, co-founder of Magnum Photos agency. 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.

Works

  • Tour de France bicycle race, France, July 1939

  • Watching the Tour de France in front of the bicycle shop owned by Pierre Cloarec, one of the cyclists in the race, Pleyben, Brittany, France, July 1939

  • Watching the Tour de France in front of the bicycle shop owned by Pierre Cloarec, one of the cyclists in the race, Pleyben, Brittany, France, July 1939

  • Soldier of the Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (POUM) with dove, Aragón, Spain, August 1936

  • Boys on bicycles discussing the Tour de France bicycle race, Paris, July 1939

  • Adolphe Max, burgomater (mayor) of the city for thirty years, with his dog Happy, Brussels, 1939

  • Anarchist graffiti, Santa Eulalia, Aragón front, Spain, 1936

  • Rickshaws, Hankou, China, March 1938

  • Members of a Laurel and Hardy fan club in masks, Paris, 1937

  • Young women being trained as Nationalist soldiers, Hankou, China, 1938

  • Eiffel Tower, Paris, July 1952

  • Henri Matisse in bed working, his black cat at his feet, (Cimiez) Nice, France, August 1949

  • Bastille Day, Marseille, France, July 14, 1935

  • Crowd in front of political posters the day of the election run-offs that would put into power the leftist-liberal Popular Front coalition government, Saint-Denis, France, May 3, 1936

  • Picnickers watching the Tour de France bicycle race, France, June–July 1939

  • Tour de France cyclist with neighborhood children before the race, Paris, June–July 1939

  • Maurice Thorez, Paul Faure, and Victor Basch on Place de la Bastille, Bastille Day, Paris, July 14, 1936

  • Jacques Duclos, one of the leaders of the French Communist party, addressing the crowd on Bastille Day, Paris, July 14, 1937

  • People waving flags from window on Bastille Day, Paris, July 14, 1936

  • Children marching in Bastille Day parade, Paris, July 14, 1936

  • British surgical unit working in an operating room set up in a church, Maiori, Italy, September 19, 1943

  • Two soldiers in a hospital set up in a church, Maiori, Italy, September 19, 1943

  • Interior of rubble-filled church, Normandy, June–July 1944

  • Dancing in the street on the evening of Bastille Day, Paris, July 14, 1936

  • Bastille Day parade float featuring the Soviet writer Maxim Gorky, who was revered by the international Communist movement and had died a few weeks earlier, Paris, July 14, 1936

  • Veterans of World War I in the Armistice Day parade commemorating the anniversary of the end of that war, Paris, November 11, 1936

  • Children playing in the snow, Hankou, China, March 1938

  • Ernest Hemingway reading his notes, Sun Valley, Idaho, 1940-41

  • American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, Normandy, France, June 6, 1944

  • Women eating and drinking on a stone bench, Lisieux, France, ca. 1936

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

Links

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