Capa was origionally named
Andre Friedmann, and was expelled from his native
Hungary in
1931 at the age of seventeen for some relatively minor
leftist,
antigovernment activities.
"While pursuing my studies my parents' means gave out, and I decided to become a
photographer," Friedmann stated, "which was the nearest thing to journalism for anyone who found himself without a language."
Capa first attracted international attention with his up-close, sympathetic photographs of the
Spanish Civil War. Not only did the war dramatically pit
fascist and
anti-fascist forces against each other, but it was also well-timed for a
photojournalist: war broke out in
1936, the same year that
Life magazine would commence publication and
sell out its first 466,000 copies.
He also helped found Magnum photo agency in 1948.
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