Robert Capa Research.

Robert Capa

Here is some information about the great war photographer, Robert Capa. It was taken from a book I was studying in the college library; 'Robert Cappa/Photographs'.

-December 1938, British magazine Picture Post published 8 pages of images of the Spanish Civil War by 24 year old Robert Capa and proclaimed him "The Greatest War Photographer In The World."

-Capa is not just known as a war photographer, many of his images capture warmth, wit, joy and peace.

-Capa spent: 6 months in China during 1938 to photograph the resistance to the Japanese invasion, in 1948 he went to the Israeli war for independence.

-He stepped on an antipersonnel mine and was killed on May 25, 1954. He was 40 years old.

-He hated war for what it did to the individuals who were caught up in it- as he himself was. Although he was a very brave man who adapted well to the rigors of military life in the field, he was fundamentally, a pacifist and often used to say that he looked forward to being unable to find employment as a war photographer. It is fitting that he is buried in a Quarker Cemetery. 

-As much as Capa detested conflict, he felt passionately that if war had to be the reality of the moment, it was essential for the side of justice to win.

Some of his work 

When I look at is work these are the words that spring to mind: Visual impact, emotional power, sensitivity, hurt, sorrow, bravery, young.

His images are stunning and tell the world of the gruesome truth that is war, that some young men didn't even make it off the boats and that any moment counted. He was a very brave man and deserves his title as The Greatest War Photographer Ever.