1901–1983 · United States · Photographer
Lisette Model
Frank, close-up street portraits with a blunt humanism.
Promenade des Anglais, 1934Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1913–1954 · HUNGARY
Robert Capa
Close, physical war reportage taken from inside the action.
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 1954
- Country
- Hungary
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1936The Falling Soldier
- 1944Omaha Beach (D-Day)
WHY THEY MATTER
Co-founder of Magnum Photos in 1947; work held by the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art; member of the International Photography Hall of Fame.
THE LIFE
Born Endre Friedmann in Budapest, Capa left Hungary as a teenager and reached Paris by way of Berlin. With his partner Gerda Taro he covered the Spanish Civil War, and later the Second World War. In 1947 he co-founded Magnum Photos with Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour, George Rodger and William Vandivert. He was killed by a landmine in Indochina in 1954.
Also born in 1900–1929
1902–1984 · United States · Photographer
Ansel Adams
Sharp black-and-white landscapes of the American West with full tonal range.
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941Source: Wikipedia
1902–2002 · Mexico · Photographer
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Poetic, quietly surreal views of Mexican life.
Striking Worker, Assassinated, 1934Source: Wikipedia
1903–1993 · Mexico · Photographer
Lola Alvarez Bravo
Modernist portraits and street pictures of postrevolutionary Mexico.
Galería de Arte Contemporáneo (Frida Kahlo exhibition), 1953Source: Wikipedia
1903–1975 · United States · Photographer
Walker Evans
Frontal, plain-spoken records of American vernacular life.
American Photographs, 1938Source: Wikipedia
1904–1983 · United Kingdom · Photographer
Bill Brandt
High-contrast social documentary, then distorted nudes and stark landscapes.
The English at Home, 1936Source: Wikipedia