Times Online (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008
For 70 years, Cornell Capa was fated to have his name coupled with that of his older brother, the photographer Robert Capa, arguably still the medium’s most famous exponent. His own reputation with the camera was inevitably overshadowed, and as the guardian of his brother’s flame that was perhaps as he wanted.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008
For those who first encountered documentary photography in the late 1960s, it was Cornell Capa's anthology The Concerned Photographer (1968) which illustrated the range, versatility and adventurousness of contemporary photojournalists. The book, which many still treasure, was a dynamic collection of photographs depicting a world in post-war crisis, which Capa described as "images in which genuine...
it's what I do... (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
From my earliest thoughts of being a photographer, I have been inspired by this giant man. You will be missed Mr. Capa, God knows you will be missed. imaginginfo.com - Article - Renowned Photojournalist Capa Dies at 90 : "Renowned Photojournalist Capa Dies at 90 May 24, 2008--Photographer Cornell Capa died on Friday, but his legacy lives on in the museum he founded -- the International Center of Photography...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 27/05/2008
Often overshadowed by his brother Robert, a war photojournalist second to none, Cornell Capa, who died Friday, has a photographic legacy of his own worth treasuring.
The First Post (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 24/05/2008
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Daily Dreamtime (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
“I am not an artist, and I never intended to be one,” he wrote in the 1992 book “Cornell Capa: Photographs.” “I hope I have made some good photographs, but what I really hope is that I have done some good photo stories with memorable images that make a point, and, perhaps, even make a difference.” http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-CAPA_index.html May 24, 2008 Cornell Capa, Photographer,...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
Cornell Capa, who founded the International Center of Photography in New York after a long and distinguished career as a photojournalist, died Friday at his home in Manhattan.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
Pioneer photojournalist Cornell Capa has died at the age of 90.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
Pioneer photojournalist Cornell Capa has died at the age of 90.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
Pioneer photojournalist Cornell Capa has died at the age of 90.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
Cornell Capa was a Life magazine staff photographer from 1946 to 1954. He later joined the Paris-based Magnum agency founded by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and others.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Burt Glinn’s instinct as a photographer was to go where his rivals were not. Never was this shown more to advantage than in 1959 when, allied to the necessary good fortune, he captured defining images of Fidel Castro’s triumphant entry into Havana and of Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to America.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 31/01/2008
When he died in a land-mine explosion in Indochina in 1954, Robert Capa went from journalistic celebrity to instant legend. Now, a veil of mystery cloaking the patron saint of war photographers has been lifted, with the recovery of thousands of Capa negatives from the Spanish civil war where he had first made his name 18 years earlier.
