Monday 29 June 2009

Robert Capa in Budapest

Robert Capa @ LUMU

03/7/09 - 11/10/09



Don't miss the wonderful exhibition of Robert Capa's photos at the LUMU in Budapest (H).



One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, Robert Capa was born in Budapest, on October 22, 1913, as Endre Ernő Friedmann. He started to work as a photographer in the 1930s, first as a correspondent of Dephot, a Berlin-based agency. In 1933 he moved to Paris, where he befriended André Kertész, Henri Cartier-Bresson and David Seymour (Chim), and met with the great love of his life, Gerda Taro, also a photographer. He changed his name to Robert Capa in 1935, and his pictures of the 1936-1937 Spanish civil war were already published under this nom de plume. He immigrated to the US in 1939. Between 1941 and 1945, he worked on the European scenes of the war for Life magazine. He was one of the founders of the Magnum Photos agency. He died in May 1954, when he stepped on a landmine in Vietnam.

CroArtia

CroArtia!

I discovered a wonderful, picturesque ArtCity: Rovinj (HR). There are many art galleries and museums, this small city at the Adria is a real paradise for art lovers. Some art schools and universities have courses here because of the inspireing site of Rovinj. If you don't know where to go this summer, visit Rovinj. (nearest airports: Trieste (I) and Pula (HR))


A picturesque street

Rovinj's centre

Rovinj