Robert Capa Exhibition

The Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, celebrating its tenth birthday this year, will host the world’s first permanent exhibition of Robert Capa’s life and work. Opening on 13 July, the stunning exhibition will tell the story of the tragically short life of the legendary Hungarian-born photojournalist through 138 photographs. The war correspondent, who lived through five battlefields, made a profound impact on the public with his images and his attitude, forever changing the norms of the photojournalism profession and contributing to the understanding of history and remembrance. The exhibition will present the most important stages of the photographer’s life, thematically arranged.

Robert Capa lived only 41 years. Born Endre Friedmann in Budapest on 22 October 1913, he died on a landmine during the Indochina War on 25 May 1954.
His name is among the first and best in the history of photography. A war correspondent who had seen five battlefields, he made his mark even in his tragically short life: his photographs of the front and the hinterland created a school and renewed photojournalism. He photographed the war, the fighting, the soldiers in the trenches and the everyday life of the hinterland from the position of a participant observer, with boundless compassion. He was there with the soldiers, he was in the middle of the action and he documented the events in the immediate vicinity of death. It was this proximity, this participation, that recreated the genre of war photography. It is also the subject of his often quoted famous saying: ‘If your pictures are not good enough, you were not close enough’.

Robert Capa had a major impact on the photojournalism profession and war photography. His images and work have inspired and continue to inspire generations. The ethical principles and dedication that Capa embodied have remained important pillars of the photojournalism profession ever since.

Robert Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center
Date: 13 July

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