DEATH IN THE MAKING by ROBERT CAPA photographs by Robert Capa and Gerda Taro captions by Robert Capa; translated by Jay Allen; arrangement by ANDRE KERTESZ publisher: Covici Friede, New York, 1938, First edition. " cloth hardcover toning to spine edges ; normal toning to endpapers ; lower light spine head edge wear light corner wear else GOOD ; "editorial copy stamped small lower rear inside cover and tiny vintage label bottom inside front cover International Bookbinders, P. Was published in 1938 as a poignant tribute to the men and women, civilians and soldiers alike, fighting in Spain against Franco's fascist insurrection.
The book included only one year of images from the Republican position, but covered the spectrum of emotions of a civil war, from the initial excitement to the more harrowing realities of modern warfare. But over time, after World War II and rising anti-communist paranoia in the United States, association with the Spanish Civil War was a liability and the book became obscured. Has reached cult status, not least because copies are hard to find particularly ones with Capa's famous.
Image on the dust jacket, but also for its passionate call to defend democracy. 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.Was one of the first women to be recognized as a photojournalist, and the first to be killed while reporting on war. This item is in the category "Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "besimply" and is located in this country: US.
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