Robert Capa

 

Robert Capa

Robert Capa was a Hungarian/American war photographer in the 1930s. He was also a photojournalist, as well as the companion and professional photography partner of another photographer called Gerda Taro. His photography was based on the moments he had captured with his camera in the war. Many of his images included grim subjects, and the reality of war itself. He focused on bringing out everything a war photograph had to say, and he believed that "If your pictures aren't good enough, then you aren't close enough." Unfortunately, he was killed during an assignment on the French Indochina War by a land mine. His death brought to light how dangerous his war photography job really was. Robert Capa always risked his life when capturing the moments in war.