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 BUDAPEST One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, Robert Capa was born Endre Friedmann in Budapest on October 22, 1913. He was a self – proclaimed photo – journalist and the 20 century combat photographer who covered five different was: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino –Japanese War, World War across Europe, the 1948 Arab –Izraeli War, and the First Indochine War. He documented the course of World War in London, North Africa, Italy, the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and Liberation of Paris. With support from the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Hungarian National Museum has purchased 985 photographs from the estate of Capa, considered the greatest war photographer ever. The collection includes the 937 prints of the so-called Master Selcetion and 48 limited edition prints.  The exhibition features a representative selection of about 200 pictures, offering and overview of an oeuvre that documents decisive events in 20th-century history. Made in 23 countries on four continents, these images include many of outstanding importance, as those made during the Spanish Civil War, or the poignant pictures of the D-Day landing in Normandy, which were later to inspire film director Steven Spielberg. Photos from the postwar period include a series documenting the establishment of the state of Israel, a 1947 journey in the Soviet Union with author John Steinbeck, a report from Hungary in 1948, as well as images of the very war in Indochina that was to claim his own life. The display also presents portraits and genre pieces by Capa, featuring colleagues and friends, among them Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Pablo Picasso and John Huston.Capas younger brother Cornell Capa, also a photographer, worked to preserve and promote Roberts legancy as well as developing his own identity and style. In order to preserve the photographic heritage of Capa and other photographers, Cornell fournded the International Fund for concerned Photography in 1966. To give this collection a permanent home the founded the International Center of Photography in New York in 1974.  This exhibition takes a broad look at the work of Robert Capa, the legendary war photographer and founder of modern photojournalism. This photos of the spanish civil war and D-Day are etched in everyones memory and have sheped our image of the twentieth century. Capa was commissioned by French, British and American photo magazines to cover all the major conflicts of his day. In 1938, following the publication of this photos of the spanish civil war, Britains Picture Post acclaimed him the greatest war photographer in the world. As well as photographing frontline fighting. Capa also captured the suffering of the civilian population. He had an unparalleled eye for the destructive effect of war on the lives of ordinary people. This photos can be hard and confrontational, but are more often subtle and moving. As a photographer with a social conscience and as a passionate anti –fascist Capa regarded his photos as a weapon in the struggle against injustice, persecution and oppression. As he always said: the war photographers most fervent wish is for unemployment. Robert Capa whose exploits as a war photographer had made him a legend in modern photography, came to an abrupt end when he stepped on a land mine on an obscure battelefield in Indochina. He was some what careless as a photographer but was carefully dedicated as a man. Capa participated with conrafe in almost every great tragedy of this time, and never lost heart no faith. He was incredibly quick to guess the truth. Knowing the truth, he took risks, risks which were never calculated to hurt anyone but faults, but his faults were invariably charming and his virtues never boring. He dressed well, ate well, and picked up the check. Children loved him, and did many women. He died with a camera in his left hand, his story unexpectedly finished. He left behind a thernos of cognac, a few good suits, a bereaved world, and his pictures, among them some of the greatest recorded moments of modern history. He also leaves a legend for which there is no other description then…Capa.  Bookmark us: 
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