New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2006.

Turkish Jews Arrive in Israel to Begin a Hard New Life

Artist Robert Capa (Hungarian, 1913 - 1954)

Date1949

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 x 8 in. (25.1 x 20.3 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of Gary Ginsberg and Susanna Aaron

Object number2005.35.2

Terms

Jews
Israel
Couple
Black
White
Gray

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis a gelatin silver print of Turkish Jews arriving in Israel. A man and a woman walk with their belongings in a sack. The man has on a white hat and a pair of sunglasses. The women is in a dress and holds onto the arm of the man.

Label TextRobert Capa Hungarian (1913-1954) Turkish Jews Arrive in Israel to Begin a Hard New Life, 1949 Gelatin-silver print Gift of Gary Ginsberg and Susanna Aaron 2005.35.2 Robert Capa's adage, "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough," has become a mantra for journalistic photographers. He is best-known as a war photographer and as a founding member of Magnum Photos, the first international cooperative agency of free-lance photographers. Capa covered the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the conflict in Indochina where he met his death after stepping on a land mine. He was found still clutching his camera. This photograph comes from one of Capa's major photo-stories on the birth of Israel in 1949, which he covered with Irwin Shaw. It was published in 1950 by Simon and Schuster as Report on Israel. Edited By: CW Edited Date: 2007 Approved By: ERL Approval Date: 2007