Cornell Capa
(1918-2008), PhotographerArtist of 1 portrait
Cornell Capa, born Kornel Friedmann in Budapest, brother of war photographer Robert Capa, emigrated to the United States in 1937, and spent most of his career as a photojournalist working for Life magazine. His subject is people, and he tackles them with such directness and vitality that they almost burst from the picture space. in 1974 he co-founded the International Center of Photography in New York.
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