Editing Robert Capa (section)

=== Post-war Soviet Union, 1947 ===
In 1947 Capa traveled to the [[Soviet Union]] with his friend, the American writer [[John Steinbeck]].<ref name=Railsback/> They originally met when they shared a room in an Algiers hotel with other war correspondents before the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943.<ref name=Railsback/> They reconnected in New York, where Steinbeck told him he was thinking about visiting the Soviet Union, now that the war was over.<ref name=Railsback/>

Capa suggested they go there together and collaborate on a book, with Capa documenting the war-torn nation with photographs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phaidon.com/resource/capa100-4.jpg|title=Photo of John Steinbeck and Robert Capa boarding a plane for the USSR, 1947|website=phaidon.com|access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref> The trip resulted in Steinbeck's ''[[A Russian Journal]]'', which was published both as a book and a syndicated newspaper serial.<ref name=Railsback/> Photos were taken in Moscow, [[Kyiv]], [[Tbilisi]], [[Batumi]] and among the ruins of [[Stalingrad]].<ref name=Railsback>Railsback, Brian E., Meyer, Michael J. ''A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia'', Greenwood Publishing Group (2006) p. 50</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theglobalpanorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/6250670988_ed13b1ab95_z.jpg |title=Photo of Stalingrad, taken by Capa |access-date=October 28, 2016 |archive-date=October 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028154146/http://theglobalpanorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/6250670988_ed13b1ab95_z.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c2/80/9f/c2809fdea257f8d92da70a3487cca1e5.jpg|title=Photo of Tiflis, Georgia, 1947|website=pinimg.com|access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://agenda.ge/uploads/files/NYC44884.jpg|title=Photo of Georgian farmworkers|website=agenda.ge|access-date=April 1, 2018|archive-date=October 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028215057/http://agenda.ge/uploads/files/NYC44884.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> They remained good friends until Capa's death; Steinbeck took the news of Capa's death very hard.<ref name=Railsback/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a4/a0/2e/a4a02e23f0c38be915c975d984f8148b.jpg|title=Photo of Capa and Steinbeck|website=pinimg.com|access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref>