After this spring’s successful “Capa in Color” exhibition, the International Center of Photography brings a selection of Robert Capa’s photographs to Governors Island. presents a fascinating look into the color work of this master of photography, giving new insight into how tenaciously he operated as a photojournalist in an era dominated by black-and-white. Though there wasn’t a market for colour war photographs, Capa regularly shot in colour, as well as black-and-white. The colour images of his postwar career contain little of the political gravity of his war stories, instead reflecting a more peaceful and prosperous vision of the world. Some of these photographs were published in magazines of the day, but the majority have never been printed, seen, or even studied. Over the years, this aspect of Capa’s career has virtually been forgotten.
“At Governors Island: Capa in Color” will run until September 28th 2014.
