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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Robert Capa (737 results)

D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, Normandy, 1944

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D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, Normandy, 1944

Sale Date: April 5, 2024

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Fotografía, 1944

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Fotografía, 1944

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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Ernest Hemingway hunting for pheasants with..., 1941

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Ernest Hemingway hunting for pheasants with..., 1941

Sale Date: March 8, 2024

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Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, 1948

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Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, 1948

Sale Date: February 8, 2024

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Naples, Italy (Anti-fascist slogans on city..., 1944

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Naples, Italy (Anti-fascist slogans on city..., 1944

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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D-Day, Landung der amerikanischen Truppen,..., 1944

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D-Day, Landung der amerikanischen Truppen,..., 1944

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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Village for Blind Immigrants and their..., 1950

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Village for Blind Immigrants and their..., 1950

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, France, 1948

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Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, France, 1948

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Fotografía, 1944

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Fotografía, 1944

Sale Date: November 22, 2023

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Fotografía, 1944

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Fotografía, 1944

Sale Date: November 22, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO DANS LA CHAMBRE GRANDS AUGUSTINS, 1944

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PABLO PICASSO DANS LA CHAMBRE GRANDS AUGUSTINS, 1944

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Republican volunteers, 1989

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Republican volunteers, 1989

Sale Date: November 18, 2023

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Bez tytułu

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Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Salerno, Italie, , 1943

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Salerno, Italie, , 1943

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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Young Boy, Arlon Luxemburg Province, Belgium, 1939

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Young Boy, Arlon Luxemburg Province, Belgium, 1939

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Along the Road from Namdinh to Thaibinh, Red , 1954

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Along the Road from Namdinh to Thaibinh, Red , 1954

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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Place de l’Opera, Real Coffee at last, 1940

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Place de l’Opera, Real Coffee at last, 1940

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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"Pablo Picasso and family", 1948

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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Portrait of the writer Ernest Hemingway..., 1941

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Portrait of the writer Ernest Hemingway..., 1941

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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A US soldier with a German prisoner of war..., 1944

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A US soldier with a German prisoner of war..., 1944

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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A member of the Internatinal Brigade..., 1936–1939

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A member of the Internatinal Brigade..., 1936–1939

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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Untitled (Sicily), 1944

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Untitled (Sicily), 1944

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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Italy, 1943

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Sale Date: September 16, 2023

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Refugies Espagnols EW France, 1939

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Refugies Espagnols EW France, 1939

Sale Date: September 16, 2023

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