ROBERT CAPA (1913–1954)

ROBERT CAPA (1913–1954) | US troops landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day, Normandy, June 6, 1944 | Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1970s on single-weight glossy paper, in fine condition 14,5 x 22,8 cm Archive stamp of the Swiss publisher “Edition Rencontre Lausanne” with handwriten notes on photographer and title, also handwritten numbered on the reverse LITERATURE “Beachheads of Normandy”, in: LIFE magazine, Vol. 16, No. 25, June 19, 1944, p. 27; Robert Capa, Slightly out of focus, New York 1947, p. 158; Robert Capa, Images of War, New York 1964, p. 106f.; Richard Whelan (ed.), Robert Capa. The Definitive Collection, London 2001, p. 361. “Crawling through the water, U.S. soldier edges towards the beach. Immense excitement of moment made Photographer Capa move his camera and blure picture. The Germans were still pouring machine-gun and shellfire down on the beach, appearently from concrete pillboxes”. (Caption in Life magazine) „Durch das Wasser kriechend nähert sich ein US-Soldat dem Strand. Die ungeheure Aufregung des Augenblicks veranlasste den Fotografen Capa, seine Kamera zu bewegen und das Bild zu verwackeln. Die Deutschen feuerten immer noch mit Maschinengewehren und Granaten auf den Strand, offenbar aus Betonbunkern“. (Bildlegende im Life magazine)