World photojournalist

Robert capa is one of my favorite photographers.

Robert capa (191310122 October-1954 may 25) was a Hungarian-American photographer and one of the most famous war photographers in the 20th century. Born in Budapest during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a Jewish family was originally named André Friedmann. In order to make it easier for others to remember, it adopted the name of robert capa. From 65438 to 0947, he founded the famous magnum photos with Bresson, the advocate of "decisive moment", and became the first cooperative organization of freelance photographers in the world. 1954 On May 25th, when Kappa was covering the first Indian-zhina war in Vietnam, he strayed into a minefield and stepped on a mine, and was killed.

His most famous sentence is: If your photos are not good enough, it is because you are not close enough.

His other famous words are:

Talent is not enough, you have to be Hungarian.

The truth is the best photo and the best publicity.

This war (referring to World War II) is like an aging actress, more and more photogenic and more dangerous.

I hate war, so I'm going to expose it (with lens and pen).

The camera itself can't stop the war, but the photos taken by the camera can expose the war and stop the development of the war.

From 65438 to 0936, fascism rose in many countries. Franco, Spain, launched a civil war. Like many celebrities at that time, Kappa joined the intelligence department of the People's Front. War is hard. One day, Kappa was in the trench at the front. A soldier jumped out of the trench and prepared to attack the enemy. Suddenly, his body stopped and the bullet hit his head. Faced with this unexpected event, Kappa instinctively pressed the shutter. This is a tragic photo of Zhang Fasheng in an instant. Kappa is famous all over the world because of this photo published in Life magazine. (According to the 20 13 nhk documentary "Destiny's Work ~ Revealing the Truth of robert capa's" Dead Soldier ",it is speculated that this" Dead Soldier "did not die at the moment, but fell down during the exercise. It was not Kappa himself who took the photo, but his lover Gerda Taro who went to shoot with him. ) But Kappa hates war, and he is determined to make war the theme of his life interview. Not to pursue excitement, but to expose the cruelty of war. This immersive work was published with the titles of Spanish Warrior, Martyr on the Battlefield and Time of Death, which immediately shocked the photography circle at that time and became an immortal work of war photography, as well as a representative work of Capa. Kappa went to Spain to interview his young girlfriend, German photographer Gerd Dana. They walked out of the battlefield filled with smoke together, and Dana died unfortunately under the track of the tank. The sad kappa stared at the battlefield forever. Most of his life's photographs are set in the war. He used the camera as a weapon to expose the war. Kappa said: "The camera itself can't stop the war, but the photos taken by the camera can expose the war and stop the development of the war. "

1937, Japanese militarism launched a war of aggression against China. The following year, Kappa and Si Nuo, the author of Red Star over China, agreed to go to Yan 'an for an interview. However, when he arrived in Xi 'an, he was stopped by the Kuomintang and Kappa could not make it. At that time, he was the only War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression allied war correspondent who could interview in China war zone. In Shanghai and other places, he took many news photos exposing the crimes of the Japanese invaders and made them public. Later, he went to Britain, North Africa and Italy for photo interviews.

1943 In the spring, Kappa came to Algiers, Africa, to photograph the desert, guns and bodies.

1June 6, 944, opened the second battlefield with the allies and participated in the Normandy landing plan. Later, he took photos in Paris and Berlin and made excellent reports. A young monitor who was shooting with a machine gun stood up, as if to confirm whether he could be the protagonist of the photo. He glanced at Capa and fell silent. Blood gushed from between my eyes. The relationship between death and survival is as simple as that.

After World War II, he continued to photograph wars and ruins, as well as people on the ruins.

1946, Kappa met Seymour of Polish nationality and Bresson of French nationality in new york. They set up "Ma Genan" photo news agency, with offices in Paris and new york. Later, he joined other famous photographers, such as Jia Luo in the United States and Bisov in Switzerland. In the 30 years since the founding of magnum photos, great events have happened in every corner of China and the West, and their photographers are present. They shoot with selfless enthusiasm and even go deep into the front line with blood and life, setting a new example for the form and content of news photography.

1954, Kappa went to Vietnam in spite of the dissuasion of relatives and friends. 1954 On May 25th, Kappa unfortunately stepped on a mine and died at the age of 4 1 year.