Cornell Capa (April 10, 1918 - May 23, 2008) was a Hungarian-American photographer, member of Magnum Photos, and photo curator, and the younger brother of photo-journalist and war photographer Robert Capa. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Magnum Photos is an international photographic Cooperative owned by its Photographer -members with offices located in New York, Paris Robert Capa ( Budapest, October 22 1913 &ndash May 25 1954) was a 20th century combat Photographer who covered five different

Born as Cornel Friedmann^[1] in Budapest, he moved, aged 18, to Paris to work with his elder brother Robert Capa, a noted photo-journalist. Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Robert Capa ( Budapest, October 22 1913 &ndash May 25 1954) was a 20th century combat Photographer who covered five different ^[2] In 1937, Cornell Capa moved to New York City to work in the Life magazine darkroom. The City of New York ^[3] After serving in the U.S. Air Force, Capa became a Life staff photographer in 1946. The many covers that Capa shot for the magazine included portraits of television personality Jack Paar, painter Grandma Moses, and Clark Gable. Jack Harold Paar ( May 1, 1918 &ndash January 27, 2004) was an American Radio and Television talk show host Anna Mary Robertson Moses ( September 7 1860 &ndash December 13 1961) better known as " Grandma Moses " was a renowned Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday

In May 1954, Robert Capa was killed by a landmine covering the early years of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Cornell Capa joined Magnum Photos, the photo agency co-founded by his brother, the same year. Magnum Photos is an international photographic Cooperative owned by its Photographer -members with offices located in New York, Paris For Magnum, Capa covered the Soviet Union, Israeli Six-Day War, and American politicians. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Background Suez Crisis aftermath The Suez Crisis of 1956 represented a military defeat but a political victory for Egypt

Beginning in 1967, Cornell Capa mounted a series of exhibits and books entitled The Concerned Photographer. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The exhibits led to his establishment in 1974 of the International Center of Photography in New York City. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The International Center of Photography is a photography museum school and research center located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City ( United The City of New York Capa served for many years as the director of the Center. Capa has published several collections of his photographs including JFK for President, a series of photographs of the 1960 presidential campaign that he took for Life magazine. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of The United States presidential election of 1960 marked the end of Dwight D Capa also produced a book documenting the first 100 days of the Kennedy presidency, with fellow Magnum photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson and Elliott Erwitt. Henri Cartier-Bresson ( August 22, 1908 &ndash August 3 2004) was a French Elliott Erwitt (b 26 July 1928 Paris, France) is an advertising and journalistic photographer known for his black and white candid shots of ironic

Capa wrote forewords to several collections of his brother's photographs and was known to be protective of Robert Capa's memory and reputation. For example, when Robert Capa's famous image of a falling Spanish soldier during the Spanish Civil War was claimed to be a fake and not taken at 'the moment of death', Cornell Capa entered into a long battle to establish the legitimacy of the photograph, including tracking down the name of the soldier and his date of death. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of

Capa died in New York City on May 23, 2008, two days short of the 54th anniversary of his brother's death. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[1]

References

External links

• Biography at Magnum Photos
• Capa biography at the Jewish Virtual Library

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