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Robert Capa
Sign in to saveAlso known as Andre Friedmann, André Friedmann, Endre Ernö Friedmann, Roberṭ Ḳapah, André Friedman, Endre Friedmann, Andrei Friedmann, Anfrei Friedman
Frans-Amerikaans-Hongaars oorlogsverslaggever (1913-1954)
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Robert Capa, born Endre Friedmann in Budapest, was a male war correspondent, photographer, photojournalist, and journalist. He held citizenship in France, Hungary, and the United States, and spoke English and Hungarian. Capa participated in the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II, and the First Indochina War. His notable work includes *The Falling Soldier*. He was influenced by Ernest Hemingway and was the unmarried partner of Gerda Taro.
Capa received the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures, the Béla Balázs Award, and the Medal of Freedom. He died in 1954 in Thái Bình from an explosion during an accidental death. His works have been associated with locations including Sperlinga, the Castle of Sperlinga, Vienna, and Paris. He participated in Documenta 6.
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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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Film & TV
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.
Known for
- Temptation — Hamza1946
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Thái Bình
- Sibling
- Cornell Capa
- Employer
- Life
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Religion
- Judaism
- Genre
- figurative art
- Movement
- French Realism
- Conflict
- Allied invasion of Sicily
- Military branch
- photojournalism
- Image
- War photographer Robert Capa during the Chinese-Japanese war, RP-F-2012-140 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- New York City
- Significant event
- Allied invasion of Sicily
Show 18 more facts
- Commons category
- Robert Capa
- unmarried partner
- Gerda Taro
- date of birth
- 1913-10-22
- date of death
- 1954-05-25
- birth name
- Friedmann Endre Ernő
- manner of death
- accidental death
- influenced by
- Ernest Hemingway
- inspired by
- Sperlinga
- cause of death
- explosion
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- different from
- Frank Capra
- floruit
- 1938-01-01
- P8168
- CS
- start of work period
- 1931-01-01
- end of work period
- 1954-01-01
- name in native language
- Endre Friedmann
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- Commons Creator page
- Robert Capa
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
14 objects attributed to Robert Capa, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Ohne Titel (Blick von der Tauentzienstraße auf die Gedächtniskirche)
As World War II drew to a close...
To send their folks back home, Russian soldiers pose for pictures of themselves and Berlin's Siegessäule Victory Monument
Ohne Titel (Zerstörte Häuserfront)
Untitled (street café at Kurfürstendamm, Café Wien)
Germany: The image of defeat: Berlin 1945. In the background Russian soldiers and ruins.
Ohne Titel (Junge und drei Frauen mit Handwagen vor Ruinen)
Untitled (Allied soldiers celebrating)
Untitled (Berlin, woman with children in Trümmerstraße)
Ohne Titel (Ein russischer und ein US-Soldat beim Uhrenhandel)
Untitled (Probably liberated forced laborers in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelm National Monument, Schinkelsche Bauademie on the right)
GERMANY Women pushing wagon
Untitled (Imperial Wilhelm Memorial Church)
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Article · Nederlands
Robert Capa was aanvankelijk het pseudoniem van een drietal joodse oorlogsfotografen, die in de jaren 1930 niet als 'joods' geïdentificeerd wensten te worden. De belangrijkste twee waren Endre Friedmann, en zijn assistente/geliefde, de fotografe Gerda Taro - pseudoniem van , die de naam Robert Capa bedacht (capá, betekent haai in het Hongaars). Toen Gerda Taro in 1937 op 26-jarige leeftijd sneuvelde, koos Friedmann het pseudoniem Capa exclusief voor zichzelf. Hij werd geboren als Endre Ernő Friedmann; andere schrijfwijzen: André Friedmann of Andrei Friedmann (Boedapest, 22 oktober 1913 - , Vietnam, 25 mei 1954) en was een Hongaars-Amerikaanse oorlogsfotograaf van joodse komaf. Hij bracht verslag uit van vijf gewapende conflicten in de 20e eeuw: de Spaanse Burgeroorlog, de Tweede Chinees-Japanse Oorlog, de Tweede Wereldoorlog, de Arabisch-Israëlische Oorlog van 1948 en de Eerste Indochinese Oorlog. Friedmann was de tweede van drie zonen van een Hongaars-joodse familie. Ook zijn jongere broer, die zich noemde, was fotograaf.
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