I have chosen to write about Robert Capa.
Robert was born in 1913 to the name, Endre Friedmann, moved away from his home country of Hungary at the age of 18. He adopted the name Robert Capa to hide his Jewish name as it was difficult for Jewish freelance photographers to get hired in Germany at the time.
He was a revolution for journalism when it came to war photography as he showed it how it was on the front lines.
This photograph shows how devastating war can be by showing the soldier in the image being shot and this would have been ground breaking at the time. The image portrays the emotion of sadness.
This image is depicting the d-day landing as the soldiers hide behind tank traps to defend themselves from machine gun fire and mortar fire. This image is trying to portray the fear that the soldiers would have felt on the battle field.
German farmers fleeing from burning house
This image is as the title says about a family of German farmers leaving their house as it burns behind them, It really does show how it was everyone who got affected by the bombing raids during WWII both British and German.
LINKS:
http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535353
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa
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