Robert Capa Robert Capa was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1913. Robert Capa is best known for his war photographs. Known for obtaining photos taken during a war that show what it is like to be at war. Showing things like the hardships that soldiers have to endure and the suffering of people whose homes and cities have been destroyed due to war. His photos are divided into three categories: battle images, images of the effects of war on individual soldiers and civilians, and peace images. As a photographer, he didn't just sit and take the photos, he also participated, getting as close to the action as possible just to get a good photo. He died in 1954 by stepping on a mine. At the time of World War I the standard camera used by war photographers was the medium-sized Graflex with a bellows extension and four by five inch plates. This camera, being quite large, made it impossible to take spontaneous shots and maneuvers in dangerous situations. Later the 35mm Leica allowed Capa to do these things. The camera allowed him to be inconspicuous and have great ability to move. With this camera he was able to engage in battles to take photos that no one else had ever managed to take. One of the main things that Robert Capa tried to capture was the emotions of his subjects. He always tried to portray things like their pain or shock, focusing mainly on the expressions on the subjects' faces to show what emotions they might be feeling. Despite his worldwide recognition, Capa denied the title of photographer. He has always preferred to define himself as a photojournalist. To try to prove that he was not a photographer, he hated artistic pretensions in his medium and refused to learn more photographic techniques than he deemed necessary. He was so careless in the darkroom that many people wondered if he scratched his negatives on purpose to try to prove that he wasn't a photographer.