War photographer
Born in Budapest Hungary in 1913 His birth name was Andrei Friedman Education: times where bad in Hungary so he went to berlin in the photo agency he soon discovered he liked to take photos instead of developing them After Hitler gained control Robert moved to Paris He and his wife Gerda Taro made a plan to make him into a fictional American photographer who was visiting France and they renamed him as Robert capa his wife was secretly his assistant
Robert capa started his career as a war photographer in Spain during the Spanish civil war Sadly with his fame growing his wife Gerda who was with him was killed on the battlefield After his wife died he moved to America
When world war two began Robert capa was on a invasion force in 1942 to hit North Africa Some of his well known photos and events took place on June 6 th 1944 where Robert stumbled onto Omaha beach with enemy artillery and heavy machine gun fire Robert only took four rolls of film with him under those extremely difficult conditions
Spain 1936 local soldier shot
Spain 1936 two soldiers protecting a local school
France 1944 German prisoners of war
Italy 1944 French ambulance waiting to be called
June 6 th 1944 American troops getting ready to land on Normandy France
France 1944 crowds filled to celebrate the liberation of Paris
Italy Sicily 1943 American medic treats German solider
Belgium 1944 an American soldier capturing a German soldier
ST lo Normandy June 1944 American searching for mines near a destroyed tank
June 5 th 1944 American troops plan the final details of the invasion
The life magazine he worked for had sent him back to the trenches of war after he left the photographing of war when he was in japan in 1954 promoting a magnum exhibition his luck ran out in Indochina when Robert with his camera still in his hand he stepped on a land mine and lost his life on a battlefield
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