war photographer. born in budapest hungary in 1913 his birth name was andrei friedman education:...
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Robert capa started his career as a war photographer in Spain during the Spanish civil war Sadly with his fame growing his wife Gerda who was with him was killed on the battlefield After his wife died he moved to AmericaTRANSCRIPT
War photographer
ROBERT CAPA
Born in Budapest Hungary in 1913
His birth name was Andrei Friedman
Education: times where bad in Hungary so he went to berlin in the photo agency he soon discovered he liked to take photos instead of developing them
After Hitler gained control Robert moved to Paris
He and his wife Gerda Taro made a plan to make him into a fictional American photographer who was visiting France and they renamed him as Robert capa his wife was secretly his assistant
BIOGRAPHY
Robert capa started his career as a war photographer in Spain during the Spanish civil war
Sadly with his fame growing his wife Gerda who was with him was killed on the battlefield
After his wife died he moved to America
WAR TIMES
When world war two began Robert capa was on a invasion force in 1942 to
hit North Africa Some of his well known photos and events
took place on June 6th 1944 where Robert stumbled onto Omaha beach with enemy artillery and heavy machine gun fire
Robert only took four rolls of film with him under those extremely difficult conditions
WAR TIMES
WAR PHOTOS
Spain 1936 local soldier shot
WAR PHOTOS
Spain 1936 two soldiers protecting a local school
WAR PHOTOS
France 1944 German prisoners of war
WAR PHOTOS
Italy 1944 French ambulance waiting to be called
WAR PHOTOS
June 6th 1944 American troops getting ready to land on Normandy France
WAR PHOTOS
France 1944 crowds filled to celebrate the liberation of Paris
WAR PHOTOS
Italy Sicily 1943 American medic treats German solider
WAR PHOTOS
Belgium 1944 an American soldier capturing a German soldier
WAR PHOTOS
ST lo Normandy June 1944 American searching for mines near a destroyed tank
WAR PHOTOS
June 5th 1944 American troops plan the final details of the invasion
EMULATIONS
EMULATIONS
EMULATIONS
EMULATIONS
The life magazine he worked for had sent him back to the trenches of war after he left the photographing of war when he was in japan in 1954 promoting a magnum exhibition
his luck ran out in Indochina when Robert with his camera still in his hand he stepped on a land mine and lost his life on a battlefield
A FAMOUS DEATH
Magnum Photos. (n.d.). Retrieved April 28, 2015, from http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535353
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