Robert Capa
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Robert Capa was an American photographer (1913–1954) who became one of the most renowned war photographers of the twentieth century, documenting major conflicts including the Spanish Civil War and World War II. His powerful and intimate images of combat and its human consequences helped establish photography as a crucial medium for bearing witness to historical events.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 1954
- Works
- 36
Top works
- צלם של החיים
- William Faulkner
- Menschen im Krieg
- Tatslumim mi-Yiʹsra'el 1948-1950
- Capa Tur̈kiye'de
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Camera · Budapest, Hungary
Robert Capa was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.
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- Temptation — Hamza1946
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Robert Capa (/ˈkɑːpə/; born Endre Ernő Friedmann, Hungarian: [ˈɛndrɛ ˈɛrnøː ˈfridmɒn]; 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.
Friedman fled political repression in Hungary when he was a teenager. He moved to Berlin, where he enrolled in college. He witnessed Adolf Hitler's rise to power, which led him to move to Paris. There he met and began to work with his professional partner Gerda Taro, and they began to publish their work separately. Capa's close friendship with David Seymour-Chim was captured in Martha Gellhorn's novella Two by Two. He subsequently covered five wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and the First Indochina War, with his photos published in major magazines and newspapers.
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1913 births1954 deaths20th-century American photographers20th-century Hungarian Jews20th-century Hungarian photographersAmerican male photographersAmerican people of Hungarian-Jewish descentAmerican socialistsAmerican war photographersDeaths by explosive deviceHungarian emigrants to the United StatesHungarian expatriates in France