| LC control no. | n 79105897 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Capa, Robert, 1913-1954 |
| Variant(s) | Friedmann, Andrei, 1913-1954 Ḳapah, Roberṭ, 1913-1954 Friedmann, Endre Ernö, 1913-1954 Ernö Friedmann, Endre, 1913-1954 קאפה, רוברט, 1913־1954 キャパロバ-ト, 1913-1954 |
| Birth date | 1913-10-22 |
| Death date | 1954-05-25 |
| Place of birth | Budapest (Hungary) |
| Place of death | Thái Bình (Vietnam) |
| Field of activity | Photojournalism War photography |
| Affiliation | Magnum Photos International Center of Photography |
| Profession or occupation | Photographers Photojournalists War photographers |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Latin and non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | His Death in the making, c1938: t.p. (Robert Capa) Slightly out of focus, 1947: t.p. (Robert Capa) Roberṭ Ḳapah, 1989: text (Robert Capa [in rom.]; b. Budapest 10/22/1913; d. Thai Binh, Viet Nam, 1954; photographer) Wikipedia, May 14 2014 (Robert Capa; birth name: Friedmann Endre; born October 22, 1913 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary; died May 25, 1954 in Thai Binh, Vietnam; war photographer and photojournalist who covered five different 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. His younger brother, Cornell Capa, also a photographer, worked to preserve and promote Robert's legacy as well as develop his own identity and style. To give this collection a permanent home, he founded the International Center of Photography in New York City in 1974.) His Roberṭ Ḳapah, 1989: text (Robert Capa [in rom.]; b. Budapest 10/22/1913; d. Thai Binh, Viet Nam, 1954; photographer) Robert Capa, 2012: title page (Robert Capa) page 141 (born October 22, 1913 in Budapest, died May 25, 1954 in Thai Binh, Vietnam; given the name Endre Ernö Friedmann; photographer) Wikipedia, August 29, 2014 (under entry for Gerda Taro: Taro moved to Paris 1934 and met Endre Friedmann, learned photography from him; initially, the two sold their photos together under the name Robert Capa; she adopted the pseudonym Gerda Taro, and Friedmann kept the name Robert Capa) |
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