Mark Zuckerberg
Mobsters
Icons of the Wild West
Robin Gibb
My Ghost Story
Mobsters
Robert Downey Jr
Margaret Thatcher
Marilyn Monroe
I Survived
Quick Facts
- NAME: Robert Capa
- OCCUPATION: Photographer, Business Leader, Filmmaker
- BIRTH DATE: October 22, 1913
- DEATH DATE: May 25, 1954
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Budapest, Hungary
- PLACE OF DEATH: Thai Binh, Vietnam
- Originally: Endre Ern? Friedmann
Best Known For
Hungarian combat photographer Robert Capa is best known for redefining wartime photojournalism by insisting working in trenches, in the midst of combat.
Robert Capa. (2012). Biography.com. Retrieved 07:45, May 27, 2012 from http://www.biography.com/people/robert-capa-9237294
Robert Capa [Internet]. 2012. http://www.biography.com/people/robert-capa-9237294, May 27
" Robert Capa." 2012. Biography.com 27 May 2012, 07:45 http://www.biography.com/people/robert-capa-9237294
' Robert Capa', Biography.com,(2012) http://www.biography.com/people/robert-capa-9237294 [accessed May 27, 2012]
" Robert Capa," Biography.com, http://www.biography.com/people/robert-capa-9237294 (accessed May 27, 2012).
Robert Capa [Internet]. Biography.com; 2012 [cited 2012 May 27]. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/robert-capa-9237294.
Robert Capa, http://www.biography.com/people/robert-capa-9237294 (last visited May 27, 2012).
Robert Capa, http://www.biography.com/people/robert-capa-9237294 (last visited May 27, 2012).
Profile
Hungarian combat photographer Robert Capa redefined wartime journalism by joining soldiers in the trenches and documenting their battle in grim, close-up detail. His first assignment was in the Spanish Civil War. He went on to cover World War II. The 1948 Arab-Israeli War and the First Indochina War. He co-founded Magnum Photos with Henri Cartier-Bresson. He died by stepping on a landmine.© 2012 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
Profile Connections
Included In These Groups
-
Famous Lookalikes 80 people in this group
-
Name Changers
View groupIn entertainment, where the line between fiction and reality is often blurry, names are a crucial part of a celebrity's image. Stage names are often chosen to make an actor or musician's name easier to pronounce or remember, or simply to make it sounds more attractive. Here are famous celebrities who have changed their names.
Name Changers 235 people in this group
-
_30x30.jpg)
Famous People Who Died in Accidents 92 people in this group
profile name: Robert Capa profile occupation:
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
