Magnum Editions Poster: John Steinbeck and Robert Capa. Moscow, 1947

Most famous for his remarkable coverage of five wars, Robert Capa once said, ‘the war photographer’s most fervent wish is for unemployment’. Born to Jewish parents in Budapest in 1913, he studied political science at the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik in Berlin before being driven out of the country by the threat of a Nazi regime. Over the course of a career shaped predominantly by war, he also photographed many famous faces and events. In this image, Capa himself is pictured in a mirror next to writer and friend, John Steinbeck.