Robert Capa - The Paris Years 1933-1954 - 2012

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IMPRESSIVE BOOK ABOUT ROBERT CAPA (1913-1954) AND HIS PARIS YEARS (1933-1954).

Robert Capa is considered one of the best war photographers, for sure THE MOST FAMOUS ONE EVER.

TRUE FIRST ENGLISH PRINTING.

WITH ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET.

EXCELLENT, VERY FRESH CONDITION.

"Robert Capa, the most celebrated photojournalist of the 20th century and a founder of Magnum Photos, used Paris as a global platform for his photog­raphy throughout his career. Robert Capa: The Paris Years 1933–1954 tells Capa’s story by focusing on his Paris studio.
Recently many artifacts have surfaced, including the so-called “Mexican suitcase,” which contained Capa’s Spanish civil war negatives. These newly discovered documents, which were either created in or found in his Paris studio, are featured in the book.
With original textual analysis and both rare and renowned images, Robert Capa offers a newly informed, fresh look into the life of this revered photographer."
(from the publisher)

Praise for Robert Capa:
"Historians and photographers alike will be rewarded by the authors' excellent blend of narration and academic analysis, coupled with a generous helping of groundbreaking photos, many of which have never been published before."
- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Harry N. Abrams, New York. 2012. First English. edition, first printing.

Hardcover with dustjacket. 225 x 265 mm. 264 pages. Photos: Robert Capa. Designer: Shawn Dahl. Text: Bernard Lebrun, Michel Lefebvre. Text in English.

Condition:
Book inside and outside excellent, fresh and flawless, clean with no previous owner marks and with no foxing; pages smoking-free. Dustjacket very fresh complete with no tears, with no taped tears and with no missing parts; very light trace of use, no remarkable flaws or defects. Overall very fine condition.

A great book by photography legend Robert Capa.
Here in the true first English printing (originally publisher in 2011 by Éditions de La Martinière, Paris.

Robert Capa is one of the most well-known photojournalists of the twentieth century. Born Endre Ernö Friedmann (Budapest, Hungary, October 22, 1913-Thai-Binh, Indochina, May 25, 1954) to a Jewish family of tailors, he studied in Berlin, then fled to Paris in 1933. Quickly gaining an international reputation for his photographs of the Spanish Civil War, he later escaped to New York in 1939. He covered World War II as an Allied photographer, cofounded Magnum Photos in 1947 (with Chim, among others), and made several books based on his photographs of travel in Europe, the USSR, and Israel. He died after stepping on a landmine in 1954.