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Robert Capa
Robert Capa on assignment in Spain, using a Filmo 16mm movie camera by Gerda Taro
Born Endre Ernő Friedmann[1]
October 22, 1913 (1913-10-22)
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died May 25, 1954 (1954-05-26) (aged 40)
Thai Binh, State of Vietnam
Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann;[1] October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian combat photographer and photojournalist who covered five different 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. He documented the course of World War II in London, North Africa, Italy, the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Paris. His action photographs, such as those taken during the 1944 Normandy invasion, portray the violence of war with unique impact. In 1947, Capa co-founded Magnum Photos with, among others, the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. The organization was the first cooperative agency for worldwide freelance photographers
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