And Gerda of course before she was killed. MC: Was there anyone to your knowledge who ever called him Andre?ĪK: His mother and brother – when they were together eating Borscht. Then you kept your head to the dirt and followed his orders – he could keep you alive.
His story is hard to beat – very romantic and exciting and important.ĪK: Bob – it’s what the other hacks on the line called him when people started to shit their pants and shells started flying. My wife loved his work and showed me many images. MC: Why Robert Capa? What made you choose to write about Robert Capa?ĪK: I was features writer and worked with good photographers and they all adored Capa. Capa reinvented himself so that he may best be able to survive all the horrors that he witnessed. It is a biography about the Robert Capa who continually reinvented himself in the bath every morning. It is a Capa biography that as Alex puts himself: “Was intended as an homage to a fantastic character and wonderful artist. He is a journalist and he approaches the subject of Robert Capa as a fellow journalist would. Kershaw is not an art historian or a photo historian. It is a Robert Capa biography that explores not only the career of a heroic photojournalist, but also the other side of the man: The drinking, the womanizing and the gambling. In 2002 Alex Kershaw published a biography of Robert Capa Blood and Champagne.
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