Irwin Shaw Recalled Combat Photographer
Robert Capa

American word-smith Irwin Shaw (1913 – 1984) was quick to reminisce about the bad old days of World War II and Robert Capa (1913 – 1954), who fit it like a round peg fits a round hole:

"Capa is a dangerous influence because he has perfected the trick of making life among the bombed cities and the stinking battlefields of our time seem gay and dashing and glamorous..."

Click here to read an anecdote about Robert Capa during the Spanish Civil War.