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Archive - Robert Capa: 1913 – 1954 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 

On 3 December 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.
But the 'greatest war photographer' hated war. Born Andre Friedmann to Jewish parents in Budapest in 1913, he studied political science at the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik in Berlin. Driven out of the country by the threat of a Nazi regime, he settled in Paris in 1933.
He was represented by Alliance Photo and met the journalist and photographer Gerda Taro. Together, they invented the 'famous' American photographer Robert Capa... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1945

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

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

Angleterre.
Robert CAPA photographer on a destroyer during the... 

Magnum Collection 1944

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

Collection Capa 1947

The American writer John STEINBECK, and photographer Robert CAPA... 
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Collection Capa 1940

The photographer Robert CAPA in a bullring in Mexico.1940 
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Magnum Collection 1943

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

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1945

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

Collection Capa 1942

Robert Capa, Washington DC. April 1942.
"photo courtesy of Myron... 
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Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1940

The photographer Robert CAPA with his friend the writer Ernest... 

Collection Capa 1954

LAOS. Luang Prabang. May, 1954. French military doctor, Professor... 
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Collection Capa 1916

Budapest. 1916.
Portrait of photographer Robert CAPA as a child.
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Collection Capa 1935

FRANCE. Paris. A portrait of Robert Capa taken in the autumn... 
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Collection Capa 1934

A portrait of Robert CAPA taken in Paris at the end of 1934. 
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Gerda Taro © International Center of Photography 1938

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

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1932

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

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

SPAIN. Barcelona. January 1939. Running for shelter during the... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

SPAIN. Seville. April 1935. At the annual Easter fair. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1937

FRANCE. Spring, 1937. Before the national election that would... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

FRANCE. Paris. 1936. Spring. "Curb" traders outside the stock... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1937

FRANCE. October 1936. Practicing civil defense with real fireworks... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

SPAIN. Madrid. August-September 1936. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

SPAIN. Catalonia. Spanish Civil War (1936-9) 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

SPAIN. Barcelona. August 1936. Republican soldiers leaving for... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1937

SPAIN. Bilbao. May 1937. Basque region. Running for shelter during... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

SPAIN. August-September 1936. A checkpoint near Barcelona. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1939

SPAIN. Barcelona. January 1939. Watching a Fasist air raid over... 

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 1936

SPAIN. Madrid. Winter 1936-1937. After an Italo-German air raid.... 

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 1936

SPAIN. Madrid. Winter 1936-1937. After an Italo-German air raid.... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1937

SPAIN. December 21st, 1937. Aragon front. Battle of Teruel. When... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1939

SPAIN. January 25-27th, 1939. On the road from Barcelona to the... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1937

SPAIN. Teruel. December 21st - 24th, 1937. Republican soldier... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1937

SPAIN. January 3rd, 1938. Aragon front. Battle of Teruel. Republican... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 2008

ms099, ms 99, Mexican Suitcase, Spanish Civil War, 35mm negative... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1938

CHINA. Hubei. Hankou. July-September, 1938. After a Japanese... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1938

CHINA. Hubei. Hankou. March, 1938. A Woman responsible for training... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1938

CHINA. Hankou. March, 1938. Children playing in the snow. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1938

CHINA. April 1938. Near the Suchow front. Railroads provided... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1938

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

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1938

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Near Zhengzhou. June/July, 1938. As the Japanese advanced... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1938

CHINA. Hubei. Hankou. March 12th, 1938. Patriotic rally commemorating... 

George Rodger 1943

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

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ITALY. Near Troina, Sicily. August, 1943. American troops march... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ITALY. Near Troina, Sicily. August, 1943. The first American... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

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Venafro (near Cassino). Dec., 43. The US 45th Infantry... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ICP 525.
July, 1943. A member of the American Medical Corps treats... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ITALY. Sicily. Near Troina. An American soldier. August 1943.... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ICP 558.
October, 1943. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ITALY. Agrigento. July 17th-18th, 1943. The city was partially... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ITALY. Near Troina, Sicily. August, 1943. Man carrying girl with... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ITALY. Naples. October 2, 1943. Women crying at funeral of twenty... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ICP 524.
Near Nicosia, July 28th, 1943. An Italian soldier straggling... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ITALY. Maiori. September 19, 1943. Two soldiers in a hospital... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

ITALY. 1944. Drivers from the French ambulance corps near the... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ITALY. Agrigento. July-August, 1943. Luigi Pirandello Square,... 

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. Normandy. June, 1944. French fishermen looking at the... 
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