The photograph taken by Capa, who was born in Hungary and had traveled to Spain to document the war, initially made the front cover of a French newsmagazine, Regards, in December 1936. It was later used by other European and American publications, including The New York Times. The picture “launched his reputation,” said Cynthia Young, former curator of the Robert Capa archive at the International Center of Photography in New York. To take ownership of the building, the city paid off the old owners at a cost of about $1 million. Mar Espinar, a city lawmaker from the opposition Socialists, said she wanted the center to document the air raids of the war.

Source: International New York Times March 23, 2021 10:07 UTC