[Leica] how Cornell Capa got his name

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Sorry, Bob - Andre Friedmann was exiled from his native Hungary in 1931,
and went to Germany to study journalism. And in 1933, with Hitler coming
to power, he left Germany for Paris, where he met German refugee Gerda
Pohorylle. According to Gerda, she suggested he change his name to
Robert Capa, because there was apparently a resonably succesful American
photographer named Robert Capa, and Gerda figured the name would make it
easier to market Andre's work. Capa and Gerda, who changed her name to
Taro, spent much time in Spain photographing the 'civil' war there.
Gerda Tarodied in Spain on July 26, 1937, having been crushed between a
tank and a car the day before. She and Capa were never married. 

I don't have time to check any of the bios right now, but those very
basic facts can be found in Heart of Spain - Robert Capa's Photographs
of the Spanish Civil War, in the essay by Capa biographer Richard
Whelan.

Best

B. D.
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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
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