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Robert Capa Biography
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1913 |
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Born Andre Friedmann to Jewish parents in Budapest
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1931 - 1933 |
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Studied Political Science, Deutsche Hochschule für Politik, Berlin, Germany
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1933 |
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Driven out of the country by the threat of a Nazi regime, he settled in Paris
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1938 |
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Capa travelled to China and emigrated to New York a year later
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1947 |
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Capa founded Magnum Photos with Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour, George Rodger and William Vandivert
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1954 |
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Awarded the Croix de Guerre (War Cross) with Palm from the French Army (posthumously)
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1954 |
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On 25 May 1954 he was photographing for Life in Thai-Binh, Indochina, when he stepped on a landmine and was killed
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1955 |
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The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award was established to reward exceptional professional merit
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2005 - 2006
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Retrospective, Galerie Am Tunnel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway; Kunsthalle, Fellbach, Germany
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2004 - 2005
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Robert Capa connu et inconnu, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France; Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
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2002
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Israel, Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, France
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2002
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Slightly out of focus, Daimaru Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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1999
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Heart of Spain: Capa's Photographs of the spanish civil war, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
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1997
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Robert Capa : A Retrospective, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Aperture Foundation, USA
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1995
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Capa's life, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
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1991
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Robert Capa : A Retrospective, Sala de Exposiciones de la Disputacion, Burgos, Spain; Circulo de Bella Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain; Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
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1991
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Children of War, Children of Peace, ICP New York, NY
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1990
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Capa and Capa (with Cornell Capa), Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
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1985
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Robert Capa: Photographs, ICP, New York, NY
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1976
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Capa: emlèkkiàllilàs, Budapest Mücsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
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1964
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Images of War, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
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1960
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Robert Capa: War Photographs, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
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1952
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On Picasso (with Gjon Mili), Moma, New York, NY
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| Literature |
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2001
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Robert Capa Connu et Inconnu - BNF éditions, Paris, France
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2001
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Robert Capa: The Definitive Collection - Phaidon Press Ltd, UK; (La Collection) Phaidon Press, France
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1996 - 2001
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Robert Capa: Photographs - Aperture, USA; (Robert Capa: Photographies) Editions Nathan, Paris
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1999
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Heart of Spain - Aperture, USA
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1991
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Children of War, Children of Peace - Bulfinch Press, USA
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1990
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Capa & Capa: Brothers in Photography - International Center of Photography, USA
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1988
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Robert Capa: Photographs from Israel - The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
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1985
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Robert Capa: Photographs - Alfred A. Knopf, USA; (Robert Capa Photographe) Sylvie Messinger, France; Art&, Italy
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1985
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Robert Capa: A Biography (by Richard Whelan) - Alfred A. Knopf, USA; Mazarine, France
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1974
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Robert Capa 1913-1954 - Grossman Publishers, USA
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1964 - 1965
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Images of War - Grossman Publishers, USA; (Images de guerre) Hachette, France
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1950
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Report on Israel - Simon and Schuster, Inc, USA
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1948
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A Russian journal - Viking Press, USA
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1947
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Slightly Out of Focus - Henry Holt & Co, USA (reprint: Modern Library, USA, 1999; Contrasto, Italy 2002; Delpire, France 2003)
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1944
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Invasion! - D. Appleton Century Co, USA
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1938
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Death in the Making (with Gerda Taro) - Covici Friede, USA
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