Robert & Cornell Capa Photographs

Robert Capa, Jewish-Hungarian photo-journalist: Pablo Picasso and Francoise Gilot, French Riviera, c.1951 Biography: Robert Capa was born as Endre Erno Friedmann in 1913 in Budapest, Hungary, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He died in 1954. He emigrated from Hungary in 1936 to Berlin, and then to France, to escape the growing menace of anti-semitism. Seeking to be a journalist, he became a photo-journalist, instead. Changing his name to Robert Capa, because of his Cornell Capa, Jewish-Hungarian photo-journalist: Savoy Ballroomadmiration for the American film director, Frank Capra, he went on to cover the Spanish Civil War World War II, the first Arab-Israeli War, and the first Indochina War.

Cornell Capa, Robert's younger brother, was born (as Cornell Friedmann) in 1918, also in Budapest. He moved from Budapest to Paris in 1936, to work with as a photographer with his brother, taking his brother's new last name. In 1937, he moved to New York to work as a photo-technician for Life magazine. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II, then became a staff photographer for Life after the war. Cornell Capa died in 2008.

Robert Capa Photographs


Italian Refugee Women
12in x 16in / Other Sizes
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American GI Perusing Book Vendors' Stand
16in x 16in / Other Sizes
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Cornell Capa Photographs


Savoy Ballroom
22in x 28in
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Circus Elephants
16in x 12in / Other Sizes
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Butch, Baby Female Indian Elephant
12in x 16in / Other Sizes
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Couples Enjoying Food
16in x 12in / Other Sizes
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Empire Theatre for the Royal Film Performance
12in x 16in / Other Sizes
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Men in Ill Fitting Coats
16in x 12in / Other Sizes
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Crowd Watching Dwight D. Eisenhower's Inaugural Parade
16in x 12in / Other Sizes
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Man Sitting on a Bench
12in x 16in / Other Sizes
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Butch, Baby Female Indian Elephant
16in x 12in / Other Sizes
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Dancer Bill Robinson
18in x 24in / Other Sizes
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Crossbreeding
24in x 18in / Other Sizes
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Two 12 Meter Boats
12in x 16in / Other Sizes
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Talent scout attempting to find new actors
12in x 16in / Other Sizes
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15 Year Old Girl Doing the Bunny Hop
16in x 12in / Other Sizes
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15 Year Old Girl Waiting For Her Escort
12in x 16in / Other Sizes
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Indian Women Walking
12in x 16in / Other Sizes
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Broom Peddler
12in x 16in / Other Sizes
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Vacationing Elephants
12in x 16in / Other Sizes
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Full Sails
12in x 16in / Other Sizes
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Women Walking Their Babies
16in x 12in / Other Sizes
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Man Napping in Hyde Park
16in x 12in / Other Sizes
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Full Sails
25in x 31in
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Butch, Baby Female Indian Elephant
31in x 25in
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Savoy Ballroom
32in x 36in
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