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ROBERT  CAPA

News Organization: LIFE

Died 1954

Location: VIETNAM

War: FRENCH INDOCHINA WAR (1946-1954)

Bio:

Killed May 25 by a mine near Hanoi. The Hungarian-born photographer's fame began with the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The New York Times called him a “specialist in the shot-and-shell school of photography ... the kind of close-up lens artist who made veteran combat troops blink in uneasy disbelief.” He covered five wars in 18 years, including World War II. The Overseas Press Club gives an annual award in his name for "superlative photography requiring exceptional courage and enterprise."