Robert Capa, one of the founding members of Magnum Photos, regularly used color film from the 1940s until his death in 1954. Some of these photographs were published in magazines of the day, but the majority have never been printed, seen, or even studied. Over the years, this aspect of Capa’s career had virtually been forgotten. With over 100 contemporary color prints by the famous photojournalist, Capa in Color presents this work an integral part of his post-war career and fundamental in remaining relevant.
Capa in Color is drawn entirely from the Robert Capa Archive in the permanent collection at ICP / International Center of Photography. The Archive contains roughly 4,200 color transparencies – 35mm Kodachrome, 21⁄4 Ektachrome, and some larger Kodachrome sheet film. It also includes thousands of vintage black-and-white prints, negatives, tearsheets, and papers.