Presentation on Robert capa,

1. ROBERT CAPA
AMERICAN WAR PHOTOGRAPHER
BORN - October 22, 1913

2. ABOUT CAPA
Robert capa was a Hungarian-born American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and
professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and
adventure photographer in history.
Capa fled political repression in Hungary when he was a teenager, moving to Berlin, where he enrolled in college. He
witnessed the rise of Hitler, which led him to move to Paris, where he met and began to work with Gerta pohorylle.
Together they worked under the alias Robert capa and became photojournalists. He subsequently covered five wars:
The Spanish civil war , the Second sino – japanese war , World War II across Europe , the 1948 Arab – Israel War ,
and the First Indochina War. His photos were published in major magazines and newspapers.

3. ROBERT
CAPA
“Death of a Loyalist militiaman, near
Espejo, Córdoba front, Spain”
SEPTEMBER 1936

4. ROBERT
CAPA
“Republican soldier aiming his rifle
through a window, University City,
Madrid”
1936

5. ROBERT
CAPA
“Man holding his hands over a bowl at a
mercury mine, Almaden, Spain”
SEPTEMBER 1936

6. ROBERT
CAPA
“Two wounded soldiers, Tai'erzhuang, Xuzhou front, China”
APRIL, 1938

7. ROBERT
CAPA
“People from the threatened town of
Tarragona pushing their wagon on their way
to seek refuge in Barcelona, before that city
itself had to be evacuated”
JANUARY 15 , 1939

8. ROBERT
CAPA
“Atlantic Convoy, World War Two.”
1941

9. “Ernst Hemingway holding a hunted
bird and walking with a rifle toward
Gregory Hemingway sitting on a
canoe, Sun Valley, Idaho”
OCTOBER, 1941
ROBERT
CAPA

10. ROBERT
CAPA
“German soldiers captured by
American forces, Normandy”
JUNE-JULY 1944

11. ROBERT
CAPA
“Line of German soldiers captured by
American forces, Omaha Beach,
Normandy”
JUNE , 1944

12. ROBERT
CAPA
“Soldier leading children on a horse during a
May Day celebration, Hungary”
1948

13. ROBERT
CAPA
“Soldiers of the French convoy
riding motorcycles on the road
from Namdinh to Thaibinh,
Indochina”
MAY 25 , 1954

14. ROBERT
CAPA
“Soldiers carrying mine detectors
lead away from a tank surrounded
by soldiers”
MAY 25 , 1954

15. During his career he risked his life numerous times, most
dramatically as the only civilian photographer landing on Omaha
Beach on D-Day. He documented the course of World War II in
London, North Africa, Italy, and the liberation of Paris.
In 1947, for his work recording World War II in pictures, U.S.
general Dwight D. Eisenhower awarded Capa the Medal of
Freedom.
CAUSE OF DEATH : Stepping on landmine
RESTING PLACE : Amawalk Hill Cemetery, New York
DIED : May 25, 1954 (aged 40), Thai Binh , Vietnam
KNOWN FOR : War photography
ROBERT CAPA

16. A
PRESENTATION
BY
MAUSAM SAHOO