Robert Capa, the legendary Hungarian-born photojournalist who set the prevailing standard for war photographers, spoke seven languages — none very well. He didn’t need to. For over 20 of the bloodiest ...

NEW YORK — The man on the other end of the line was a well-known novelist. Before that, he’d been a well-known war correspondent. I was calling him to ask him to review a new biography. This was 30 ...

War photographer Robert Capa was alongside the Allies storming the beaches of Normandy during WWII. He made it out—but the images he captured nearly didn’t. An American soldier crawls in the surf as ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Capa Collection in the PHC ...

In 1947, two years after WWII ended, four war photographers founded Magnum Photos. Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David “Chim” Seymour had each reported on the atrocities and ...

Robert Capa was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. He is considered by some to be the greatest ...

An infamous victim of the postwar purges turned out to be a committed collaborator. By Valentine Faure In the decades between Robert Capa and Lynsey Addario, our image of battle lost its aura of ...