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Cornell Capa 1918-2008
Accomplished Magnum photographer Cornell Capa passed away early on the morning of May 23rd at home in New York. Cornell Capa was born Cornell Friedmann to a Jewish family in Budapest. In 1936 he moved to Paris, where his brother Andre (Robert Capa) was working as a photojournalist. He worked as his brother's printer until 1937, then moved to New York to join the new Pix photo agency. In 1938 he began working in the Life darkroom. Soon his first photo-story - on the New York World's Fair - was published in Picture Post. In 1946, after serving in the US Air Force, Cornell became a Life staff photographer. After his brother's death in 1954, he joined Magnum, and when David 'Chim' Seymour died in Suez in 1956 Capa took over as president of Magnum, a post he held until 1960. Capa made an empathetic, pioneering study of mentally retarded children in 1954, and covered other social issues, such as old age in America. He also explored his own religious tradition. While working for Life, Capa made the first of several Latin American trips. These continued through the 1970s and culminated in three books, among them Farewell to Eden (1964), a study of the destruction of indigenous Amazon cultures. Capa covered the electoral campaigns of John and Robert Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson and Nelson Rockefeller, among others. His 1969 book, New Breed on Wall Street, was a landmark study of a generation of ruthless young entrepreneurs keen on making money and spending it fast. » Cornell Capa's Magnum Portfolio
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Reader comments (29)
My condolences to the family and friends of this great photographer. He will live forever in his images.
Liese
Comment posted by Liese A Ricketts on May 23, 2008
Condolences go to his dearest for a great loss indeed. He will be remembered through his work and for all that he accomplished in photography. He has left us with great treasures; May his soul rest in peace.
Comment posted by Sana Manzoor on May 23, 2008
My condolences to the family and friends !
Comment posted by Michael on May 23, 2008
My condolences to the family and friends.
Comment posted by Tim on May 23, 2008
My condolences to the Magnum family
Comment posted by Lucy on May 23, 2008
My condolences to Mr. Capa's family, and friends. May he rest in peace.
Comment posted by Barbara Centkowski on May 23, 2008
My condolences and a thanksgiving for the feelings he transmitted trough his work.
good bye
Comment posted by maurizio on May 23, 2008
Condolences to family and friends. His legacy as a photographer and a man will live on.
Comment posted by Frank Koenigsamen on May 23, 2008
We honor the passing of one of the greats. A wonderful photographer and a wonderful man. Sad day for all who love photography. America loses one of her greatest adoptive sons. Requiescat in Pace.
Comment posted by Matteo on May 23, 2008
if ther is one foto wich tell of cornells inere spiret,its the image of the teacher over the students.it will always be in my hart!
Comment posted by pavlo kozalidis on May 23, 2008
My condolences to the family. He will be remembered through his photos.
Comment posted by Håkan Dahlström on May 24, 2008
My condolences to the family and friends !
Comment posted by Dhiraj Singh on May 24, 2008
My condolences to the family and friends.
Comment posted by LatFoto on May 24, 2008
My condolences ,
the art are always here !
the art its the soul , the spirit , the heart
Pour être heureux en vivant dans le monde, il y a des côtés de son âme qu'il faut entièrement paralyser.
Comment posted by DEGHIA FAIROUZ on May 24, 2008
I am just trying to imaging what the two brothers will be able to do togheter now.........another enourmus loss, for all of us.
Comment posted by lino sprizzi on May 24, 2008
Le même jour où j'apprenais que mon labo argentique fermait ses portes, il y a des jours tristes...Vos images resteront à jamais dans nos coeurs.
Comment posted by Daniel Dumont on May 24, 2008
My condolences to family and friends. May he rest in peace.
He will live forever in his images.
Comment posted by Krzysztof Gurszyński on May 25, 2008
My most sincere condolences to the family and friends. He will not be forgotten as his legacy lives forever.
Comment posted by E. Sarkisov on May 26, 2008
condolecences from France to his family and friends. he will always be in our heart and eyes
Comment posted by Frances BB on May 26, 2008
Photography has lost one of the greats.ICP will never forget him.May his soul rest in peace.
Comment posted by Kamaal A. Bahnasawi on May 27, 2008
author of great works!
it is a big miss of our hearts!..
Comment posted by kakha kakhiani on May 27, 2008
An icon.
Comment posted by Matt on May 27, 2008
Really sad to hear this news, condolences to his family and to all those in Magnum who mourne his loss
Comment posted by aishling muller on May 29, 2008
My condolences to the family and friends !
Comment posted by oyun on June 2, 2008
He is the person I admired
Comment posted by Qqfaq on June 3, 2008
My most sincere condolences to the family and friends.
Comment posted by barış yildız on June 12, 2008
What an incredible life journey!
He will be an inspiration for generations to come.
Comment posted by Ingmar Zahorsky on June 23, 2008
I admire his timeless photos.
Comment posted by Linus on July 4, 2008
ОН был великим евреем с прекрасными глазами и бесстрашным сердцем
Comment posted by Alexander Kouznetsov on July 13, 2008