Capa, Robert. Images of War. Photographs by Robert Capa.

Grossman/ParaGraphic, softcover. [Issued in hardcover by Grossman in 1964, this softcover edition oddly does not have a publication date.] Like new. Summary:

Published in 1964 by Grossman Publishers (under its Paragraphic imprint), Images of War is a major posthumous retrospective compiling the iconic conflict photography of Hungarian-American photojournalist Robert Capa. Featuring an introduction by his close friend John Steinbeck alongside Capa's own written commentary, the 175-page volume chronologically documents his frontline reporting across five major international conflicts: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II (including his celebrated D-Day coverage on Omaha Beach), the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War, where Capa lost his life in 1954. Through its stark black-and-white plates and narrative excerpts, the book stands as a powerful record of human endurance, trauma, and the courage of one of the 20th century’s premier combat photographers.

Robert Capa, born Endre Ernő Friedmann (1913–1954), was a Hungarian-American photojournalist widely considered one of the greatest war photographers of the 20th century. Forced to leave Hungary as a youth due to political exile, he moved to Berlin and later Paris, where he adopted the pseudonym Robert Capa alongside his partner Gerda Taro. Capa catapulted to international fame during the Spanish Civil War with his iconic image The Falling Soldier, coining the defining photojournalistic ethos: "If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough". Over nearly two decades, he covered conflict zones around the globe—including World War II for Life magazine, where he famously landed with the primary wave of troops on Omaha Beach—and co-founded the pioneer international photo cooperative Magnum Photos in 1947. His life ended tragically at age 40 when he stepped on a landmine in Vietnam while covering the First Indochina War, leaving behind a monumental legacy that continues to define modern combat photojournalism.