Thursday 10 October 2013

Robert capa


Robert Capa was born October 22 1913, known to be the world's best photographer and photo journalist from Hungary. He later in life moved from Germany to France because of the rise of Nazism initially. He wanted to be a writer however, he found work in photography In 1947 ,Robert Capa found other photographers in Paris. Henri Bresson, David Chim, George Rodger, Magnum Photos and William Vandivert. The organisation was the first cooperative agency for worldwide freelance photographers. In 1936 Capa became  known across the globe as the "falling soldier" long thought to have been taken in Cerro Muriano on the Cordoba Front. He worked for life magazine 






Tony Vaccaro  An American photographer who is best known for his photos taken in Europe during 1944 and 1945 and in Germany right after after world war two. when the war ended, he became a big fashion and lifestyle photographer for U.S magazines. Vaccaro could only take pictures while he wasn't fighting. His work were also censored and distorted if found disturbing because people did not want to see pictures of dying soldiers. 
In September 1945, he was discharged from the army then he lived in Germany where he got a job first as a photographer until in 1949, Vaccaro took photographs throughout Germany and Europe, documenting post-war life. 















comparison  the difference between Capa and Vacarro is that Capa was a soldier in the U.S army taking pictures during the war. Tony Vaccaro was a photographer who travelled around the world with his camera taking pictures.

1 comment:

  1. Vaccaro was a soldier taking photos, Capa was not a soldier! You have it backwards in your comparison!

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