[Leica] how Cornell Capa got his name

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For Phong: _http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/capa.htm_ 
(http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/capa.htm) 
 
      In a nutshell, as explained more fully in  "photo-seminars" and by 
John 
Hersey, the author, in a magazine article,  "The Man Who Invented Himself,'' 
Cornell and  his older brother, Robert, were born Friedmann in  Budapest 
{Hungary}, Robert -- originally named Andrei -- in 1913 and  Cornell five 
years 
later.  
When Hitler came to power, Andrei left for  Paris with his wife, Gerda, 
where 
they formed a three-person company,  with her as the sales representative 
and 
he as the darkroom  technician. They invented a third person -- a supposely 
rich and famous  American photographer whom they named Robert Capa, 
supposedly 
then on a visit to  France. Andrei took the pictures and she sold them to 
French newspapers for  triple the going rate because Robert Capa, who got 
the 
credit as  photographer, supposedly was so rich and famous.
      Cornell joined the group in Paris in 1936. 
      For more, see the citation .-- bob  cole