Robert CapaUSA, 1913–1954Israel
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Imens i livet hos Robert Capa
Hele livet1947
Founds the Magnum Photos agency
In 1947 in Paris Capa founded Magnum Photos with Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Vandivert, David Seymour and George Rodger: the first cooperative agency for freelance photographers worldwide.
1947
A trip to the USSR with Steinbeck
Capa suggested to John Steinbeck, whom he had met again in New York, that they go to the post-war Soviet Union together and make a book; he took photographs in Moscow, Kyiv, Tbilisi, Batumi and among the ruins of Stalingrad.
1947
The Medal of Freedom from General Eisenhower
In 1947 General Dwight D. Eisenhower awarded Capa the Medal of Freedom for his work recording the Second World War in pictures.
1947 · Udmærkelse
Medal of Freedom
1948
Photographing Israel in the year of its founding
Capa toured Israel during its founding, while it was being attacked by neighbouring states; his photographs accompanied Irwin Shaw’s book Report on Israel.
1951 or 1952
Becomes president of Magnum
Capa took over the leadership of Magnum, becoming the agency’s president (in 1951 according to the Russian Wikipedia, in 1952 according to the English one), and held the position until his death in 1954.
