Cornell Capa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cornell Capa

American photographer

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1918

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 23-May-2008

Profession: photographer, photojournalist, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Cornell Capa (born Kornél Friedmann; April 10, 1918 – May 23, 2008) was a Hungarian American photographer, member of Magnum Photos, photo curator, and the younger brother of photo-journalist and war photographer Robert Capa.
Graduating from Imre Madách Gymnasium in Budapest, he initially intended to study medicine, but instead joined his brother in Paris to pursue photography.
Cornell was an ambitious photo enthusiast who founded the International Center of Photography in New York in 1974 with help from Micha Bar-Am after a stint of working for both Life magazine and Magnum Photos.