Robert Capa (/ ˈkɑːpə /; born Endre Ernő Friedmann, [1] Hungarian: [ˈɛndrɛ ˈɛrnøː ˈfridmɒn]; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist. He is …

Robert Capa made photographs that achieved their exceptionally powerful effect through his strong connection to and affection for people, and his work is considered a landmark of wartime …

On May 25, 1954, he was photographing for Life in Thai-Binh, Indochina, when he stepped on a landmine and was killed. The French army awarded him the Croix de Guerre with Palm …

Jan 1, 2026 · Robert Capa (born 1913, Budapest, Hungary—died May 25, 1954, Thai Binh, Vietnam) was a photographer whose images of war made him one of the greatest photojournalists of the 20th …

Robert Capa defined what it was to be a war photographer, laying the foundation for future generations of photojournalists working in the field. According to journalist Alex Kershaw, "Capa was the first …

Robert Capa (1913-1954) was the preeminent war photographer of his time and one of its most magnetic figures.

Lorant coined the slogan “The Greatest War Photographer in the World: Robert Capa,” which accompanied him all through his life. He spent six months in China with film director Joris Ivens and …

From 1941 to 1946, he was a war correspondent for Life and Collier's, traveling with the US Army and documenting Allied victories in North Africa, the Allied landing at Normandy, and the Allied capture of …

Apr 16, 2025 · To say that Robert Capa was one of the most courageous war photographers in history is hardly an exaggeration. Many of his images, taken under extremely dangerous conditions in the …

Born Endre Ernő Friedmann in 1913, Robert Capa was a Hungarian-Jewish photographer who captured some of the most iconic moments of the 20th century. Forced to flee Hungary at the age of 18, Capa...