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on movie camera . image by gerda taro assignment in spain , using an eyemo 16mm 25 may 1954 thai binh , state of vietnam budapest , austria-hungary 280px robert capa october 22 , 1913 robertcapabygerdataro.jpg robert capa
 endre friedmann
robert capa

robert capa -lrb- born endre friedmann ; october 22 , 1913 -- may 25 , 1954 -rrb- was a hungarian war photographer , photojournalist 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 .
in 1947 , capa co-founded magnum photos in paris with david `` chim '' seymour , henri cartier-bresson , george rodger and william vandivert .
the organization was the first cooperative agency for worldwide freelance photographers .
