Robert Capa Libri

Robert Capa, uno dei fotografi più noti del XX secolo, è celebre per i suoi intensi reportage di guerra. Cattura l'orrore del conflitto e la sofferenza della popolazione civile attraverso le sue immagini. Tra le sue opere più significative ci sono scatti dalla Guerra Civile Spagnola, lo sbarco degli Alleati in Normandia, Berlino 1945, il primo conflitto arabo-israeliano e infine la guerra in Indocina, dove perse la vita nel 1954 a causa di una mina. Capa morì a soli 40 anni. La sua carriera iniziò negli anni '30 con incarichi per la rivista berlinese Weltspiegel. Questa raccolta presenta non solo immagini iconiche, come la famosa foto del combattente spagnolo colpito a morte, ma anche fotografie in gran parte sconosciute e inedite, tra cui scatti del Tour de France del 1939 e ritratti di artisti come Pablo Picasso. I testi accompagnatori raccontano la vita avventurosa del fotografo, segnata da emigrazione e guerra, offrendo interessanti spunti sul suo importante lavoro.

In 1942, a dashing young man who liked nothing so much as a heated game of poker, a good bottle of scotch, and the company of a pretty girl hopped a merchant ship to England. He was Robert Capa, the brilliant and daring photojournalist, and Collier's magazine had put him on assignment to photograph the war raging in Europe. In these pages, Capa recounts his terrifying journey through the darkest battles of World War II and shares his memories of the men and women of the Allied forces who befriended, amused, and captivated him along the way. His photographs are masterpieces -- John G. Morris, Magnum Photos' first executive editor, called Capa the century's greatest battlefield photographer -- and his writing is by turns riotously funny and deeply moving. From Sicily to London, Normandy to Algiers, Capa experienced some of the most trying conditions imaginable, yet his compassion and wit shine on every page of this book. Charming and profound, Slightly Out of Focus is a marvelous memoir told in words and pictures by an extraordinary man. schovat popis

Oversize hardback book with dust jacket titled CHILDREN OF WAR, CHILDREN OF Photographs of Robert Capa. Edited by Cornell Capa & Richard Whelan. Published by Bullfinch Press in 1991 - first edition. See photographs (7) of this book on main listing page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-1-middle) rareviewbooks

In the late 1940s novelist John Steinbeck and photographer Robert Capra forged a travelling partnership that took them beyond the empty polemics of the Cold War into the real Soviet Union, where they reported on the everyday lives of ordinary citizens trying to rebuild their lives and hopes after the devastations of World War II. This book records, in words and pictures, the results of their journeys.

Prepared to accompany an exhibition that opened at the Asia Society in New York City in 1999, and is scheduled to travel to many venues through 2002, this stunning presentation of photos incorporates work from a long list of eminent photographers; complementing them is an intriguing essay by Rae Yang (East Asian studies, Dickinson College), who was born in 1950, in Beijing and was a member of the Red Guards before emigrating to the United States. The images begin with photos of leaders during the late 1930s, and move forward to the present day. The format is 12x10.5 inches. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

In an almost novelistic fashion, the pictures--presented chronologically--tell as much about the photographer as they do about the times Capa was chronicling. --Margarett Loke, "ARTnews" "His coverage of the Spanish civil war established Capa's reputation as a peerless battlefield photojournalist... But he was also a man who loved making pictures of beautiful women, famous men and grand parties. Often overlooked when discussing the Capa legacy, those too, were his life's work. Both Capas--the raconteur of high society and the fearless witness to war--are evident in "Robert Capa: Photographs." The two sides of Capa's work may seem irreconcilable, but they're not. He was recording one world. His own." --Allison Adato, "Life Magazine"