According to a report in The New York Times, photojournalist, Cornell Capa, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan at the age of 90.

 

May 24, 2008: According to a report in The New York Times, photojournalist, Cornell Capa, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan at the age of 90.
Capa has a long and distinguished career, working on the staff of Life magazine and then as a member of the celebrated Magnum Photos group. He also founded the International Centre of Photography in New York. Capa’s work was dedicated to covering issues related to politics and social justice and some of his best-known work includes coverage of John F. Kennedy’s successful presidential campaign, the 1967 Six-Day War in Israel and the overthrow of the repressive Peron regime in Argentina.
He was attracted into photography by his brother, Robert Capa, whose legacy he maintained throughout his life. He was also mentored by Henri Cartier-Bresson and David (Chim) Seymour. Magnum Photos was founded by these three photographers in 1949 and Cornell Capa joined after his brother was killed in Indochina in 1954. Unlike his brother, who made his reputation as a war photographer, Cornell Capa’s aim was ‘to be a photographer for peace’.