"Death in the Making", Robert Capa (1913-1954)

Death of a Loyalist Soldier. Cordoba, Spain. 1936. Robert Capa

The Nationalist offensive on Madrid, which lasted from November 1936 to February 1937, was one of the fiercest of the Civil War. During this period Italy and Germany started helping the Nationalist. Robert Capa

Republican soldiers during an attack. Aragon Front. Spain. 1936. Robert Capa

Republican militiaman aiming a rifle. Barcelona or its vicinity. Spain. August, 1936. Robert Capa

Members of the International Brigades in the Medical School of the University of Madrid, in the western outskirts of the capital. The Fascist rebels were mounting a major offense in order to capture Madrid. Madrid. Spain. November-December 1936.

After an Italo-German air raid. The Nationalist offensive on Madrid, which lasted from November 1936 to February 1937, was one of the fiercest of the Civil War. During this period Italy and Germany. Robert Capa

Collective farmers who supported the Republican cause. Aragon Front. Spain. August 1936. Robert Capa

Republican soldiers helping women do the laundry for the troops. Madrid. Spain. November-December 1936. Robert Capa

Crowd at the morgue doors after an air raid, Valencia, Spain, May 1937. Gerda Taro

Mother nursing a baby while listening to political speech near Badajoz, Extremadura. (From the Mexican Suitcase) Spain. Late April/early May, 1936. David Seymour

Republican militiaman on the Aragon Front. Near Huesca. Spain. August-September 1936. Robert Capa

Soldiers playing chess behind the Republican lines, Madrid, 1936. Robert Capa

Goodbye: Spanish soldiers bid farewell to their loved ones before the departure of a military train to the Aragon front. Robert Capa

Republicans. Andalucia. Spain. Cordoba front. September 1936. Robert Capa

Women filling cartridge belts for Republican soldiers in a munitions factory, Madrid, November-December 1936. Robert Capa

Crowd of Republican soldiers listening to a speech, Córdoba front, Spain, August-September 1936. Robert Capa

Gathering of Republican soldiers listening to a speech, Córdoba front, Spain, August-September 1936. Robert Capa

Two Republican soldiers embracing, Aragón front, Spain. Robert Capa

Republican soldiers leaving for the Aragon front. The sentence written on the train means Union of Proletariat Brothers swears upon these fraternal letters that you will sooner die than live under tyranny. Barcelona. Spain. August 1936. Robert Capa

Bidding farewell before getting on a military train directed to the Aragon front. Catalonia. Spanish Civil War. Barcelona. August, 1936. Robert Capa

Books

Robert Capa: Death in the Making

(Damiani, 2020)

Robert Capa

(Thames & Hudson, 2009)

Robert Capa: The Definitive Collection

(Phaidon, 2004)

Gerda Taro: Inventing Robert Capa

(Jonathan Cape, 2013)

Robert Capa in the Making

(Éditions Xavier Barral, 2024)

Robert Capa

Robert Capa at Work: This Is War

(Steidl, 2007)

Fotografías de Robert Capa Sobre la Guerra Civil Española

(El Viso, 1990)

Robert Capa

(Stern, 2012)

Robert Capa: 1933–1954

(Silvana, 2023)

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