Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Robert Capa across 4 places, from 1913 to 1947.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann, October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Robert Capa was documented, and when
22 October 1913exact date
Budapestattested“Capa was born Endre Ernő Friedmann to the Jewish family of Júlia (née Berkovits) and Dezső Friedmann in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on October 22, 1913.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
1934year
Parisattested“He then moved to Paris and in 1934 met Gerda Pohorylle, a German Jewish refugee.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
1937year
United Kingdomattested“Picture Post, a pioneering photojournalism magazine published in the United Kingdom, had once described then twenty-five year old Capa as "the greatest war photographer in the world." The next year, in 1937, Taro died when the motor vehi…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
1947year
Soviet Unionattested“This image was published in a spread in Life magazine with the caption "The picture of the last man to die." In 1947 Capa traveled to the Soviet Union with his friend, the American writer John Steinbeck.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
1947year
Parisattested“In 1947, Capa founded the cooperative venture Magnum Photos in Paris with Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Vandivert, David Seymour, and George Rodger.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
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In each of these, a source puts Robert Capa and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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1932year
Copenhagenmentioned“Capa's first published photograph was of Leon Trotsky making a speech in Copenhagen on "The Meaning of the Russian Revolution" in 1932.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
1936 to 1939period
Spainmentioned“From 1936 to 1939, Capa worked in Spain, photographing the Spanish Civil War, along with Taro and David Seymour.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
July 1937month
Parismentioned“In July 1937, Capa traveled briefly to Paris while Gerda remained in Madrid.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
July 1937month
Madridmentioned“In July 1937, Capa traveled briefly to Paris while Gerda remained in Madrid.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
1938year
Wuhanmentioned“In 1938, he traveled to the Chinese city of Hankou, now within Wuhan, to document the resistance to the Japanese invasion.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
1943year
Algiersmentioned“They originally met when they shared a room in an Algiers hotel with other war correspondents before the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
7 October 1943exact date
Naplesmentioned“On October 7, 1943, Robert Capa was in Naples with Life reporter Will Lang Jr., and there he photographed the Naples post office bombing.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
1944year
Londonmentioned“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.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
18 April 1945exact date
Leipzigmentioned“On April 18, 1945, Capa captured images of a fight to secure a bridge in Leipzig, Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
1946year
Turkeymentioned“The relationship ended in the summer of 1946 when Capa traveled to Turkey.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
1953year
Italymentioned“In 1953 he joined screenwriter Truman Capote and director John Huston in Italy where Capa was assigned to photograph the making of the film, Beat the Devil.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Capa
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