Describe the different circumstances that these photographers experienced as Photojournalists in WW2.
Robert Capa moved from New York to Paris to escape Nazi persecution. He was sent to various parts of the European Theatre. Capa was a war photographer and became famous for capturing the ultimate and decisive moments in war. He was considered the world's greatest war photographer. On D-Day, under constant fire, Capa took 106 pictures - he was willing to risk his life to capture these decisive moments in war. He originally wanted to be a writer and then he found photography work in Berlin and fell in love with the art.
Vaccaro fought in 1944 and 1945 as a private in the 83rd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army in Normandy and then in Germany. Him being a scout left him enough free time during the day to take photos. By the end of the war in Europe he became an official photographer for the division's newspaper.
Vaccaro photographed throughout Germany and Europe; after he returned to the US he worked for Life and Look before joining the magazine Flair. Photographs from his wartime archive were publishd in 2001 in his book Entering Germany: Photographs 1944-1949.
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Running for shelter during an air raid alarm.
A member of the American Medical Corps treats a German prisoner of war.
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