Robert Capa

(Hungarian, 1913–1954)

Robert Capa was an American-Hungarian photographer who captured five wars over the course of his lifetime. Capa’s images of the Normandy Invasion on D-Day redefined photojournalism. “It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one,” he once said. Born Endre Friedmann on October 22, 1913 in Budapest, Hungary, Capa left his home country at the age of 18, finding work as a photojournalist in post-World War I Berlin. During this time, he concealed his Jewish heritage with a pseudonym based on his childhood nickname “Cápa,” or “Shark.” Throughout his life, he covered many important historical events, including the rise of Soviet Communism, the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and a full survey of the politics and atrocities of World War II. Capa's photographs are recognized across the globe for their critical role in shaping public remembrance of these events. In 1947, he co-founded Magnum Photos in Paris with fellow photographers David Seymour, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and George Rodger. Capa died tragically on May 25, 1954 after stepping on a landmine while documenting the First Indochina War in Thai Binh, Vietnam. Today, his photographs are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Reina Sofia National Museum in Madrid, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, among others.

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Italy, Naples, October 2, 1943. Women Crying , 1943

Robert Capa

Italy, Naples, October 2, 1943. Women Crying , 1943

Sale Date: May 29, 2013

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Vétérans de la Première Guerre Mondiale..., 1936

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Vétérans de la Première Guerre Mondiale..., 1936

Sale Date: May 23, 2013

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Immigrants in their baracks, St. Luke's..., 1948

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Immigrants in their baracks, St. Luke's..., 1948

Sale Date: May 24, 2013

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Miting de Union Nacionál Española celebrando , 1944

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Miting de Union Nacionál Española celebrando , 1944

Sale Date: April 25, 2013

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Death of a Spanish loyalist, 1936

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Death of a Spanish loyalist, 1936

Sale Date: March 20, 2013

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Ernest Hemingway and Friend; Spanish Civil..., 1937

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Ernest Hemingway and Friend; Spanish Civil..., 1937

Sale Date: April 8, 2013

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Hemingway and son Gregory during hunting..., 1941

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Hemingway and son Gregory during hunting..., 1941

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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China, 1930–1940

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China, 1930–1940

Sale Date: December 20, 2012

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Leon Trotsky lecturing Danish students on..., 1932

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Leon Trotsky lecturing Danish students on..., 1932

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Hankou, 1938

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Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Air Battle over Hankow, 1938

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Air Battle over Hankow, 1938

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Tai'erzhuang, Xuzhou Front, 1938

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Tai'erzhuang, Xuzhou Front, 1938

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Near St. Lô. July 26th-30th, 1944. American..., 1944

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Near St. Lô. July 26th-30th, 1944. American..., 1944

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Que haces Para Evitar Esto! - Ayuda a Madrid

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Que haces Para Evitar Esto! - Ayuda a Madrid

Sale Date: October 29, 2012

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Transport Atlantic Bring home the bacon, 1942

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Transport Atlantic Bring home the bacon, 1942

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Carrying a wounded / Second Sino-Japanese War, 1938

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Carrying a wounded / Second Sino-Japanese War, 1938

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Children, Second Sino-Japanese War, 1938

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Children, Second Sino-Japanese War, 1938

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Training Nationalist Chinese soldiers in the , 1938

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Training Nationalist Chinese soldiers in the , 1938

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Watching an air-to-air encounter, Second..., 1938

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Watching an air-to-air encounter, Second..., 1938

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Ernest Hemingway (Valencia, Spain, 1937

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Ernest Hemingway (Valencia, Spain, 1937

Sale Date: November 5, 2012

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Barcelona, January, 1939

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Barcelona, January, 1939

Sale Date: November 8, 2012

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Picasso, Antibes

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Picasso, Antibes

Sale Date: October 17, 2012

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Famille Chaplin, notamment Géraldine Chaplin , 1953

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Famille Chaplin, notamment Géraldine Chaplin , 1953

Sale Date: October 24, 2012

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Liberation of France at the end of World War , 1944

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Liberation of France at the end of World War , 1944

Sale Date: October 2, 2012

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