BERLIN, GERMANY — Due to the unprecedented rise in the number of worldwide conflicts, the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center launched a campaign that shows how today’s state of war is far more similar to our dark past than most would think.
The pan-European print and out-of-home campaign uses images taken in the last century by the worldwide praised and recognized war photographer Robert Capa, which explicitly shows the ones that transcend time and can be mistaken for pictures of ongoing conflicts.
The Hungarian photographer yearns for a world free of war through his photos. As Robert himself once said, “I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life.”
Gabriel Mattar, European CCO of Innocean Worldwide, commented, “Our partnership with the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center is based on looking at the world with the same curiosity and courage Capa did himself. So, for Capa vs War, we hope to make people think and feel something when looking at these ads. Because even though Capa shot the original pictures displayed in the ads more than 80 years ago, they could all sadly have been taken today. And that made us all wonder that war has been contemporary for too long.”
Kőrösi Orsolya, Capa Center Managing Director, added, “Through his images, Robert Capa didn’t just portray the horrors of war; he illuminated the universal desire for peace and the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity. His work served as a touching reminder that peace is not just the absence of war but the presence of understanding, empathy, and hope. This is why we stand so firmly behind this campaign. It resonates with Capa’s beliefs, which are universal and timeless.”
With the stunning visuals and images provided by the Hungarian institute, the Berlin-based agency crafted four prints and posters that utilize headlines to highlight the visual ambiguity between past wars and current wars while also voicing a demand for peace.
The assets will be displayed across Europe during the first quarter of 2024.
CREDITS:
Client: Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center
Photographer: Robert Capa
Managing Director Capa Center: Kőrösi Orsolya
Advertising Agency: INNOCEAN Berlin
Chief Creative Officer: Gabriel Mattar
Excecutive Creative Director: Ricardo Wolff
Head of Art: Maso Correa Heck
Senior Art Director: Ailton Henriques
Junior Copywriter: Axel Fonteyne
Junior Art Director: Luis García-Purriños
Head of Capacity Management: Paulina Gonzalez
Motion Designer: Carlos Suárez
INNOCEAN European Group Director Media: Jürgen Zienicke
HAVAS Media Network European Coordination Director: Maria Casas
HAVAS OOH Consultant: Piergiorgio Muller
PR: Persuasion Communications Ltd
