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Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann; [1] October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian–American war photographer and photojournalist. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history. [2]
Together, they invented Robert Capa, the “famous” American photographer, and began to sell his prints under that name. He met Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway, and formed friendships with fellow photographers, David “Chim” Seymour and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Robert Capa (born 1913, Budapest, Hungary—died May 25, 1954, Thai Binh, Vietnam) was a photographer whose images of war made him one of the greatest photojournalists of the 20th century.
Oct 22, 2013 · It is 100 years since the birth of Robert Capa the famed photographer who chronicled 20th Century warfare, shooting photos rather than bullets.
May 13, 2014 · Capa was one of four photographers chosen to cover the first days of the United States Army’s massive assault on Hitler’s Europe; he had just enough time to hurry from his apartment on Belgrave...
Robert Capa was an American-Hungarian photographer who captured five wars over the course of his lifetime. View Robert Capa’s 776 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Born André Friedmann in Budapest, Robert Capa left Hungary in 1930 for Berlin, enrolled in the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik as a student of journalism and political science, and started his career in photography as a darkroom assistant at the Deutsche Fotodienst Agency.
Summary of Robert Capa. A war photographer that hated war, Capa used a small 35 MM camera to get close to the action and close to his subjects, thus he was able to show the devastating effects of violence on the lives of those in its midst.
Learn about Robert Capa, one of the many photographers for LIFE who captured some of the most iconic pictures from the US & around the World.
May 29, 2014 · Capa, then 30 years old, was one of only 18 American photographers given credentials from the U.S. Armed Forces to cover the preparation for the invasion, and one of only four credentialed to...
