AKA Andrei Erno Friedmann

Born: 22-Oct-1913
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 25-May-1954
Location of death: Thai Binh, Vietnam
Cause of death: War

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Photographer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: War photographer

Famous for an iconic 1936 photograph depicting the death of a loyalist, Federico Borrell García, during the Spanish Civil War, and for D-Day photographs taken during the first hours at Omaha Beach, published in Life magazine. He was the only photographer in the first landing wave. Sadly, because of a darkroom accident, most of the D-Day images never saw the light of day. Capa was killed in French Indochina after stepping on a landmine.

Brother: Cornell Capa (photographer, b. 1918)

    Magnum Photos President (1951-54)
    Magnum Photos Co-Founder (1947)
    Dephot Photographer (1931-32)

Author of books:
Death in the Making (1938)
The Battle of Waterloo Road (1941)
Invasion! (1944)
Slightly Out of Focus (1947, memoir)

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