Robert Capa

by Whelan, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780714840673
• ISBN10: 071484067X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-10
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

Robert Capa (1913-1954) was one of the greatest photographers of the 20thentury and a founding member of the Magnum photographic agency. His lifework,onsisting of 70,000 negative frames, constitutes an unparalleledocumentation of a crucial 22-year period (1932-1954) encompassing some ofhe most catastrophic and dramatic events of the 20th century. This volumeresents a definitive selection of Capa's work. The collection of 937hotographs was chosen by Capa's brother, Cornell Capa, and his biographer,ichard Whelan, who re-examined all of Capa's contact sheets to compile thisaster set of images.;The photographs, arranged in chronological order andccompanied by commentaries and identifying captions, constitute an in-depthurvey of Robert Capa's finest work over the course of his career. Theictures reveal the dramatic shifts in location and subject matter that Capaxperienced from day-to-day, representing the trajectory of his life - fromar-torn Spain to Picasso on a sunny beach in France; from carousing withrnest Hemingway in London to historic images of the Allied landing on Omaha