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Robert Capa
The story of a Hungarian immigrant
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His original name was Endre Erno Friedmann,
he was a Hungarian photographer.
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He took pictures of five different
wars.
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He started photography as a hobby, and just later became a professional.
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He got his first
commission from the Vu magazine, in
1934.
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Ingrid Bergman was one of his
lovers.
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While reporting from the Spanish civil war he took his most famous
picture, the Falling Soldier.
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He took pictures of the soldiers reaching the shore of Normandy, but these valuable photos were ruined later.
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He named his autobiography
after this event: „Slightly out of focus” – My memories from the war.
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The Life magazine sent
him to Indochina on the grounds of reporting the
French Conquest.
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He passed over a mine and died there, on the 25th of May in 1954.
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As he said: „If your pictures aren’t good enough, you didn’t go close
enough.”
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