Author(s): Grenier Roger Lacouture Jean Pollak Abigail

Photography

Through his photographs we see the suffering, confusion, boredom and courage of the soldiers and civilians affected by the five wars that he covered.  Yet he was more than a war photographer: Capa's portraits of politicians and artists are equally memorable.  A participant, not an observer, Capa lived his life on the edge and died in action, killed by a landmine in Vietnam.