Robert Capa Robert Capa was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1913. Robert Capa is best known for his war photographs. Known for obtaining photos taken during war that show what it means to be at war. Showing things like the hardships soldiers have to endure and the suffering of people whose homes and towns have been destroyed because of the war. His photos are divided into three categories: images of battles, images of the effects of war on soldiers and civilians, and images of peace. As a photographer, he did more than just take photos, he also participated, getting as close to the action as possible, just to get a good photo. He died in 1954 when he stepped on a land mine. Around the time of World War I, the standard camera used by war photographers was the medium-sized bellows Graflex with four by five inch plates. This camera, being quite large, made it impossible to take candid shots and maneuver in dangerous situations. Later, the Leica 35mm allowed Capa to do these things. The camera allowed him to be discreet and have a great capacity for movement. With this camera, he was able to go into battle to take photos that no one else could ever take. One of the main things that Robert Capa tried to capture were the emotions of his subjects. He always tried to depict things such as their grief or shock, focusing mainly on the expressions of the subjects' faces to show the emotions they might be feeling. Despite his worldwide recognition, Capa denied the title of photographer. He always preferred to call himself a photojournalist. In an attempt to prove that he was not a photographer, he hated artistic pretension in his medium and refused to learn any more photographic techniques than he deemed necessary. In the darkroom he was so careless that many people wondered if he purposely scratched his negatives to try to prove he wasn't a photographer..