{"product_id":"harlem-new-york-city-usa","title":"Fine Print: Savoy Ballroom. Harlem, New York City, USA, 1939","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCornell Capa was born Cornell Friedmann to a Jewish family in Budapest in 1918. In 1936, he moved to Paris, where his brother Andre (Robert Capa) was working as a photojournalist. He worked as his brother’s printer until 1937, then moved to New York to join the new Pix photo agency. In 1938, he began working in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e darkroom. His first photo story, a piece on the New York World’s Fair, was published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePicture Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e soon after.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1946, after serving in the US Air Force, Cornell became a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e staff photographer. He joined Magnum following his brother’s death in 1954. After David “Chim” Seymour’s death in Suez in 1956, Capa took over as president of Magnum, a post he held until 1960. In 1954, Capa made an empathetic, pioneering study of children with special needs. He also covered other social issues such as old age in America and explored his own religious tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile working for\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Capa made the first of several Latin American trips. These continued through the 1970s and culminated in three books, among them\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Farewell to Eden \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1964), a study of the destruction of indigenous Amazon cultures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCapa covered the electoral campaigns of John and Robert Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson and Nelson Rockefeller, among others. His 1969 book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew Breed on Wall Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was a landmark study of a generation of ruthless young entrepreneurs keen on making money and spending it fast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1974, Capa founded New York City’s influential International Center of Photography, and for two decades he dedicated much of his considerable energy to serving as its director. Cornell Capa died in New York on May 23, 2008.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell Capa","offers":[{"title":"11 x 14 in (28 x 36cm)","offer_id":53863948747117,"sku":"FINE-PRINT-CAC-NYC19528-11x14","price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16 x 20 in (40 x 50cm)","offer_id":53863948779885,"sku":"FINE-PRINT-CAC-NYC19528-16x20","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 24 in (50 x 60cm)","offer_id":53863948812653,"sku":"FINE-PRINT-CAC-NYC19528-20x24","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/5575\/8907\/files\/CAC1939_02C.jpg?v=1788439547","url":"https:\/\/store.magnumphotos.com\/products\/harlem-new-york-city-usa","provider":"Magnum Photos","version":"1.0","type":"link"}