60 years ago, world famous war reporter and photographer Robert Capa died. A detailed exhibition in Italy's Villa Manin follows Capa's life from his birth in 1913 in Budapest through five wars to his death. Needless to say that the exhibit consists mainly of photos shot by the photographer himself, but also of some pictures by his girlfriend Gerda Taro.

The location of the exhibition is not far away from the Slovenian border, near Udine in the Venetian style Villa Manin, which is surrounded by a spacious park. Until 2nd February, the exhibit can be visited, displaying hundreds of Capa's best and also most famous pictures.

Capa started his carrier as a photographer in Berlin, where he published his first photos. Later he moved to Paris. Originally born as André Friedmann, he invented the name Robert Capa because he thought that selling pictures would be easier if he had a more "American-sounding" name.

He first got famous by releasing his first pictures of the Spanish Civil War, a few years later Capa entered the ranks of the worlds top photographers with his shots of the landing of the Allies on the beaches of Normandy. His photos appeared in magazines like Life and Time. Later, Robert Capa also founded an agency for independent photographers: Magnum. 

Never before has a photographer been so close at the actual fighting, never before so involved in the war. "If your pictures are not good enough, you have not been close enough" is one of his most known quotes. Capa's photos allow the viewer to see the war through the eyes of a participating person and often reveal how brutal, inglorious and senseless wars are.