Editing Robert Capa (section)

=== World War II ===
At the start of [[World War II]], Capa was in New York City, having moved there from Paris to look for work, and to escape Nazi persecution. During the war, Capa was sent to various parts of the [[European Theatre]] on photography assignments.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/06/photographer-robert-capa-d-day|title=War Photographer Robert Capa and his Coverage of D-day|last=Brenner|first=Marie|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=November 21, 2017|language=en}}</ref> He first photographed for ''[[Collier's Weekly]]'', before switching to ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' after he was fired by Collier's. He was the only "[[enemy alien]]" photographer for the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Capa at 100: The war photographer's legacy |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20131022-robert-capa-photo-warrior |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510153006/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20131022-robert-capa-photo-warrior |archive-date=May 10, 2023 |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}</ref> On October 7, 1943, Robert Capa was in [[Naples]] with ''Life'' reporter [[Will Lang Jr.]], and there he photographed the [[1943 Naples post office bombing|Naples post office bombing]].<ref>''Slightly Out of Focus'', Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947, p. 104</ref>
[[File:La Guerra Civil a través del lente de Robert Capa.JPG|thumb|A display of some of Capa's works]]

==== D-Day, Omaha beach, 1944 ====
{{Main|The Magnificent Eleven}}

A group of images known as "The Magnificent Eleven" were taken by Capa on [[D-Day]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c4/04/5d/c4045d946959d04ce27f96bbdcd2195f.jpg|title=Photo by Capa on D-Day|website=pinimg.com|access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref> Taking part in the Allied invasion, Capa was attached to the [[16th Infantry Regiment (United States)|16th Infantry Regiment]], 1st Infantry Division ("Big Red One") on [[Omaha Beach]].<ref>[http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/d-day-june-6-1944.html D-Day], National WWII Museum</ref><ref name=vanity/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://reelfoto.blogspot.com/2012/12/robert-capa-20th-century-war.html|title=The Reel Foto: Robert Capa: 20th Century War Photographer|last=Jay|date=December 2, 2012|website=reelfoto.blogspot.com|access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref> The US personnel attacking Omaha Beach faced some of the heaviest resistance from German troops inside the bunkers of the [[Atlantic Wall]]. Photographic historian [[A. D. Coleman]] has suggested that Capa traveled to the beach in the same landing craft as Colonel [[George A. Taylor]], commander of the 16th Infantry Regiment, who landed 1½ hours after the first wave, near [[Colleville-sur-Mer]].<ref name="Coleman">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/exposure-magazine/alternate-history-robert-capa-on-d-day-2657f9af914|title=Alternate History: Robert Capa on D-Day|last=Coleman|first=A. D.|date=February 12, 2019|website=exposure magazine|publisher=Society for Photographic Education|access-date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>

Capa subsequently stated that he took 106 pictures, but later discovered that all but 11 had been destroyed. This incident may have been caused by Capa's cameras becoming waterlogged at Normandy,<ref name=vanity/> although the more frequent allegation is that a young assistant accidentally destroyed the pictures while they were being developed at the photo lab in London.<ref>[http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/3d37a03e-c8be-11e2-acc6-00144feab7de.html#slide0 Simon Kuper, "Interview: John Morris on his friend Robert Capa"], ''Financial Times'', May 31, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2013.</ref> However, this narrative has been challenged by Coleman and others.<ref name="Coleman"/> In 2016, [[John G. Morris]], who was picture editor at the London bureau of ''Life'' in 1944, agreed that it was more likely that Capa captured 11 images in total on D-Day.<ref name="Coleman"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/as-he-turns-100-john-morris-recalls-a-century-in-photojournalism/|title=As He Turns 100, John Morris Recalls a Century in Photojournalism|last=Estrin|first=James|date=December 6, 2016|website=Lens Blog|publisher=New York Times|language=en-US|access-date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> The 11 prints were included in ''Life'' magazine's issue on June 19, 1944,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slightly-out-of-focus.com/Capa_file/Capa%20images/d-day%20life/D%20DAY%201.jpg|title=''Life'' magazine story with Capa's images|website=slightly-out-of-focus.com|access-date=April 1, 2018|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930161105/http://www.slightly-out-of-focus.com/Capa_file/Capa%20images/d-day%20life/D%20DAY%201.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> with captions written by magazine staffers, as Capa did not provide ''Life'' with notes or a verbal description of what they showed.<ref name="Coleman"/>

The captions have since been shown to be erroneous, as were subsequent descriptions of the images by Capa himself.<ref name="Coleman"/> For example, men described by ''Life'' as infantrymen taking cover behind a [[Czech hedgehog|hedgehog]] obstacle during the assault landing were in fact members of Gap Assault Team 10 – a combined US Navy/US Army demolition unit tasked with blowing up obstacles and clearing the way for landing craft after the beach had been secured.<ref name="Coleman"/><ref>[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/d/d-day-the-normandy-invasion-combat-demolition-units.html Lt. (jg) H. L. Blackwell, Jr. Report on Naval Combat Demolition Units &#91;NCDUs&#93; In Operation "Neptune" as part of Task Force 122 (5 July, 1944)] (February 19, 2019).</ref>

==== ''The Shaved Woman of Chartres'' ====
Capa took photographs during the Allied invasion of [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|France]] in 1944. His picture ''[[The Shaved Woman of Chartres]]'', taken on August 16, 1944, shows a woman whose head has been shaved as a punishment for collaboration with the Nazis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/La-veritable-histoire-de-la-tondue-de-Chartres-583028|title=2014 – L'été de la mémoire – La véritable histoire de la tondue de Chartres|first=Paris|last=Match|website=parismatch.com|date=August 22, 2014 }}</ref>

==== ''[[The Picture of the Last Man to Die]]'' ====
[[File:Capahaus-saniert.jpg|thumb|[[Capa House]] in Leipzig 2015]]
On April 18, 1945, Capa captured images of a fight to secure a bridge in [[Leipzig]], Germany. These pictures included an image of [[Raymond J. Bowman]]'s death by sniper fire. This image was published in a spread in ''[[Life magazine|Life]]'' magazine with the caption "The picture of the last man to die."<ref name=tracesofwar>{{cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/48579/Bowman-Raymond-J.htm |title=Bowman, Raymond J. |website=tracesofwar.com |access-date=April 23, 2016}}</ref>