Fine Print: Savoy Ballroom, Harlem, New York City, 1939 Size:11 x 14 in (28 x 36 cm)

Fine Print: Savoy Ballroom, Harlem, New York City, 1939 Size:11 x 14 in (28 x 36 cm)Following in his brother Robert Capa's footsteps, Cornell Capa became a photographer for Life Magazine in the US in 1946. This image was taken during that time, and beautifully captures the energy and pleasure of his light footed subjects as they demonstrate their dance moves. After his brother's death in 1954 Cornell Capa joined Magnum and became president of the agency. There, he produced well known bodies of work focusing on the first 100 days of

We are immersed in obscurity

LIFE later summarized: “Country Doctor was an instant classic when published

between Turkey and Russia

Following him on a visit from his birthplace in Fairmont

surveys the landscape next to a sign declaring

where he lived the life of a fisherman and hunter with his Greenlandic girlfriend Sabine and her family

focusing particularly on the continent’s youth – work that would become his project and book Children of Europe

After his military service

In his New York loft

with its own place and feeling

from editorial collaborations with major magazines and houses

Janis Joplin