Robert Capa 1913 - 1954

occupation:
Photographer
Nationality:
Hungarian; American
born in:
Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Photojournalist and war photographer born Budapest, 1913, as Endre Ernő Friedmann; emigrated to Paris in 1933, and then to Spain to cover the Spanish Civil War; travelled in China, Germany, France and Israel and worked as photographer during second world war for 'Life' magazine; co-founder of Magnum Photos in 1947; killed in Vietnam in 1954.

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