There is a new Robert Capa photography exhibition at the International Center of Photography in NYC, and because my lovely and talented friend Cathie, http://www.mystylistcathiearquilla.blogspot.com, invited me to see it with her for her birthday, of course I made an effort and went.

The exhibit, "Capa in Color" is on view until early May and presents his color work for the first time.
I had heard of Capa because of his famous black and white work as a photojournalist. Apparently he had used color film a lot in the 1940's until his death in the mid 1950's, but because of the length of time it took to actually process color film back then, only a few of his color pictures were ever published in the news magazines of the day - the deadlines were too tight. He also took color portraits of his friends.

This one of Pablo Picasso playing in the sea with his son is one of my favorite:

Check out more of his stunning photos here: http://www.icp.org/museums/exhibitions/capa-color.

And if you're in NYC make the effort to go, even if it's not your friend's birthday...