Robert Capa Quotes

Robert Capa — American Photographer born on October 22, 1913, died on May 25, 1954

Robert Capa was a Hungarian war photographer, photo journalist and also the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taró. He covered five wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War. He documented the course of World War II in London, North Africa, Italy, the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Paris... (wikipedia)

The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda.

The pictures are there, and you just take them.

It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one.

If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.

This war is like an actress who is getting old. It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous.