Thames and Hudson Ltd

Robert Capa: In the Making Book

Iconic and rarely seen images retrace the story of Robert Capa's extraordinary life and work. Photographer and war reporter Robert Capa (1913¿54) is a legend of photojournalism and his work, widely recognized and sometimes controversial, shaped the history of the medium. Born Endre Friedmann to Jewish parents in Budapest, he left Hungary in the early 1930s and took the pseudonym Robert Capa, work with an American-sounding name. He went on to cover the major events of the mid-20th century, from the rise of Front Populaire in France to the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War and Indochina.