by Redazione 24/10/2026
Categories: Exhibitions / Disclaimer
From October 23, 2026, to March 29, 2027, Castile will host a retrospective dedicated to photographer Robert Capa, featuring 100 photographs and archival materials that trace his career from his early years in Europe to the war in Indochina.
From October 23, 2026, to March 29, 2027, the Castiglia in Saluzzo (Cuneo)—an ancient fortress and marquis’s residence that now serves as a museum—will host an exhibition on Robert Capa. “Inside History,” an exhibition curated by Monica Poggi in collaboration with the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, features works drawn from the ICP’s collections.
The retrospective documents the work of Robert Capa (1913–1954)—the pseudonym of Endre Ernő Friedmann—highlighting his role in transforming 20th-century photojournalism. His photography goes beyond the idea of distant observation of events and is based on proximity to the scene, drawing the viewer into the experience depicted. The exhibition features one hundred photographs, accompanied by illustrated magazines, books, and documents that help reconstruct the original contexts in which the images were published. The selection alternates between famous shots and lesser-known works and is organized into seven thematic sections arranged chronologically.
The first section traces his formative years in Berlin and Paris, featuring a portrait of Lev Trotsky taken in Copenhagen in 1932 and photographs from the Tour de France. The second section is dedicated to the Spanish Civil War, which he documented starting in 1936 alongside Gerda Taro in support of the anti-fascist Republican cause. Alongside *The Militiaman Shot Dead* are images of the fighting, the daily lives of soldiers, and, later, refugees in France, with a focus on the human consequences of the conflict.
The third section presents the photo essay he produced in China in 1938 during the Sino-Japanese War, featuring photographs of daily life, public demonstrations, and the effects of the war on civilians and urban spaces. This is followed by photographs from World War II, when Capa accompanied U.S. troops, documenting the Allied advance in Italy and along the Western Front, particularly in France and Germany.
The fifth section focuses on the postwar period in Mexico, Israel, and the Soviet Union: the focus shifts from the fighting to the people, their living conditions, and the political and social consequences of geopolitical changes. The sixth section explores a lesser-known aspect of the photographer’s work, ranging from fashion and lifestyle spreads for magazines such as *Life* and *Vogue* to informal portraits of famous friends, artists, writers, and intellectuals, as well as his connections to the film industry and the cultural world.
The exhibition concludes with images taken in Japan, which was engaged in postwar reconstruction, and in Indochina, where Capa returned to document an ongoing conflict amid colonial tensions and the new geopolitical balance in Asia.
The exhibition is part of a project promoted by the Artea Foundation in collaboration with the municipalities of Caraglio and Saluzzo, which brings together two leading figures of 20th-century photojournalism associated with Magnum Photos. At the same time, the Filatoio in Caraglio is hosting “Marc Riboud: Toward the World,” dedicated to the French photographer and his photoessays spanning over fifty years of work. The program is accompanied by public events and initiatives designed to explore the themes of the two exhibitions and foster dialogue with the public.
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