Robert CapaAmerican, 1913–1954Collaborationist, France
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The Museum of Modern Art
New York, United States
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- Accession number
- 313.1964
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- The Museum of Modern Art
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Meanwhile, in the life of Robert Capa
The whole lifeduring the Second World War
Collier’s, then Life: the “enemy alien” photographer
During the war Capa was sent on photographic assignments to various parts of the European theatre: he first worked for Collier’s Weekly but was fired and switched to Life. He was the only “enemy alien” photographer working for the Allies.
1943
Meets John Steinbeck in an Algiers hotel
In 1943, before the Allied invasion of Italy, Capa shared a room in an Algiers hotel with other war correspondents and met the writer John Steinbeck there.
1943 · Workplace
Sperlinga
February 1943
Meets Elaine Justin, “Pinky”
In February 1943 Capa met Elaine Justin; they fell in love and the relationship lasted until the end of the war. He called the red-headed Elaine “Pinky” and wrote about her in his war memoir Slightly Out of Focus.
June 1944
The only civilian photographer on Omaha Beach
On D-Day Capa, attached to the 16th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division (“Big Red One”), landed on Omaha Beach as the only civilian photographer. The photographic historian A. D. Coleman suggests that he travelled in the same landing craft as Colonel George A. Taylor and came ashore near Colleville-sur-Mer an hour and a half after the first wave.
1945
An affair with Ingrid Bergman
Some months later Capa became the lover of the actress Ingrid Bergman, who was touring Europe to entertain American soldiers.
