At the age of 18, he left hungary in search of work and in the early 1930s, he adopted the moniker robert capa because he believed it would be easier to. A hungarian photojournalist and war photographer, robert capa was born in 19 and died in 1954. Robert capa biography childhood, life achievements. Growing up in budapest, he realized that the wartorn hungary offered no future. Robert capa was a hungarian combat photographer and photojournalist. In 1931 and 1932 capa worked for dephot, a german picture agency. Robert capa files are held by the magnum agency and the international center of photography in new york. Viajo a alemania donde estudio periodismo y trabajo como fotografo en berlin.
Robert capa was a hungarian war photographer and photojournalist who later became a naturalized us citizen. Entao, nao deve conhecer o trabalho do fotografo hungaro, nascido em budapeste, robert capa. This attitude, and his use of the small 35millimeter camera, allowed him to approach his subjects and throw himself into the action as no one else. Como ocurre con las grandes obras maestras, aquel trabajo tambien ayudo a otro artista. Robert capa, original name hungarian form friedmann endre erno, born 19, budapest, hungarydied may 25, 1954, thai binh, vietnam, photographer whose images of war made him one of the greatest photojournalists of the 20th century. The robert capa gold medal award was established in 1955 to reward exceptional professional merit. If your pictures arent good enough, you arent close enough. The new york times reported early in 2008 that thousands of robert capa photographs had been found in a suitcase, previously considered lost by historians and archivists of photography. He covered five wars, the second sino japanese war, the spanish civil war, world war ii, the first indochina war and the arab israeli war 1948.
October 22, 19 may 25, 1954 was a hungarianborn american war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer gerda taro. He is considered to be one of the greatest war photographers of all time as he covered the spanish civil war, the second sinojapanese war, world war ii. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history. During his lifetime, capa was able to cover five different wars, including the second world war, the first indochina war, spanish civil war, second sinojapanese war and the 1958 arabisrael war. This book represents the most definitive selection of robert capa s work ever published, a collection of 937 photographs selected by capa s brother, cornell capa, and his biographer, richard whelan, who meticulously reexamined all of robert capa s contact sheets to compile this master set of images. Known around the world is the image of the soldier enemy republican at the time of being killed by a bullet. Capa was born endre friedmann to jewish parents in budapest in 19. Robert capa photographs can best be summed up by quoting him directly. The finest work of one of the most influential documentary photographers of the twentieth century and magnum cofounder robert capa.
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