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Robert Capa Photographer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Hungary
  • Born: Oct 22, 1913
  • Died: May 25, 1954

Robert Capa was a Hungarian war photographer, photojournalist and also the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda TarĂ³. He covered five wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War. He documented the course of World War II in London, North Africa, Italy, the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Paris.

In 1947, Capa co-founded Magnum Photos in Paris with David "Chim" Seymour, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and William Vandivert. The organization was the first cooperative agency for worldwide freelance photographers.

For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner. war

I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life. hope & war

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 thoughts from William Butler Yeats

28 thoughts from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 more thoughts from Winston Churchill

74 more thoughts from Winston Churchill