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Robert Capa
Biography
1913 - 1954
Work Cited:
-http://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/robert-capa?all/all/all/all/0
-http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535353
-http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/photography/robert-capa.htm
"If your photos aren't good enough then you aren't close enough"
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-Born in Hungary October 22, 1913
-Real name is Endre Friedmann
-To charge more money his girlfriend (Gerda Taro ) suggested changing his name.
-Originally Wanted to be a writer, but found a job as a photographer.
-1930=Went to School in Berlin for journalism and political science.
-When world war II happened came to America
-1936-1939=became a photo journalist
-Freelance photographer for Life and Time magazine
-The greatest War photographer: Most Known for the Spanish War, World War II, and D-Day
-First photographer to take close up pictures with 35-millimeter camera
-Has an award named after him, given to people for exceptional professional merrit.
-Joined Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour, and George Rodger in Magnum (photographing agency)
-Died by stepping on a landmine during the French War