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The story of a Hungarian immigrant
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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