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Consignment - Robert Capa. 1913-1954 

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On December 3, 1938, Picture Post introduced "The Greatest War Photographer in the World: Robert Capa" with a spread of 26 photographs taken during the Spanish Civil War at the battle of Ebro.

The "greatest war photographer" hated war. He was born Andre Friedman, a Jew from Budapest, and studied political science at the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik in Berlin (1931-33). At the same time he was working part-time in the lab of the Ullstein magazines group to whom he sold his first published picture of Leon Trotsky's 1931 Copenhagen meeting. Driven out of the country by the beginnings of the... 

Gerda Taro © International Center of Photography 1938

Robert Capa, Segovia front, Spain, late May/early June 1937. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

Photographer Robert CAPA. 

Magnum Collection 1943

ITALY. Naples. 1943. War correspondents Robert CAPA (left) and... 

Magnum Collection 1944

GB. Portsmouth. June 4, 1944. Photographer Robert CAPA days before... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1945

FRANCE. Arras. 23rd March 1945. Photographer Robert CAPA before... 

George Rodger 1943

ITALY. Naples. Portrait of Robert CAPA during the Allied liberation... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1947

USSR. September 1947. John STEINBECK, American writer, and Robert... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1953

FRANCE. Paris. 1953. Longchamp Racecourse. Photographer Robert... 

Collection Capa 1951

FRANCE. Paris. 1951. Robert Capa photographed by Ruth Orkin. 
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Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

SPAIN. Córdoba front. Early September, 1936. Death of a loyalist... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1939

SPAIN. Barcelona. January 1939. Little girl resting during the... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1938

CHINA. Hubei. Hankou. March, 1938. Young women being trained... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1937

SPAIN. Bilbao. May 1937. Crowds running for shelter as the air-raid... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

FRANCE. Normandy. June 6th, 1944. American troops landing on... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

FRANCE. Normandy. June 6th, 1944. US troops assault Omaha Beach... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

FRANCE. St. Laurent-sur-Mer, Calvados. June, 1944. German soldiers... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

FRANCE. Notre Dame de Cenilly. July 28th, 1944. A French farmer... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

FRANCE. Chartres. August 18th, 1944. French woman, who had had... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

FRANCE. Paris. August 26th, 1944. Crowd on the pavement after... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

FRANCE. Paris. August 26th, 1944. Crowds fill up the Champs Elysees... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1945

GERMANY. Leipzig. April 18, 1945. American soldier killed by... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1950

ISRAEL. Near Haifa. 1950. Child at the Sha'arHa'aliya transit... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1950

ISRAEL. Haïfa. May-June 1949. The arrival of thousands of immigrants... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1950

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Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1932

DENMARK. Copenhagen. November 27th, 1932. Leon Trotsky lecturing.... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

GREAT BRITAIN. London. May, 1944. Ernest Hemingway in a hospital... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1946

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1946. The Director Alfred HITCHCOCK supervising the close... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1953

ITALY. 1953. Truman Capote holding a dog. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

FRANCE. Golfe-Juan. August 1948. Pablo Picasso with Françoise... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

FRANCE. Golfe-Juan. August, 1948. Pablo PICASSO with his son... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1954

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On the road from Namdinh to Thaibinh. May 25th, 1954.... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1954

INDOCHINA (VIETNAM). May, 1954. Motorcyclists and woman walking... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1954

VIETNAM. May 25, 1954. On the road from Namdinh to Thaibinh.... 
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