Photo History Summer School – May 23




History of Photography Podcast show

Summary: Cornell Capa, the photojournalist and tireless advocate of humanistic photography died today, May 23, 2008. He was 90 years old. A great and committed photographer, Capa’s heartfelt images were often overshadowed by two other elements in his life. One was the photography of his brother, the pre-eminent war photographer <a title="Robert Capa at the ICP" href="http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.2876507/" target="_blank">Robert Capa</a>. The other was the founding and early management of the <a title="International Center for Photography" href="http://www.icp.org/" target="_blank">International Center for Photography (ICP)</a> in New York, considered by many to be one of the most important photographic resources in the world.<br> Photographs (below) by Cornell Capa – click to enlarge<br> <a href="http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/57102.jpg"></a> <a href="http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/57102.jpg"><br> </a><br>