Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not saying that it's impossible that he faked it, Paul - what I am saying is that if he did, that fact is extremely important. And if I knew that he did, it would cause me to question much about his legend. On 3/22/06 9:16 AM, "PHC" <paul@paulhardycarter.com> wrote: > I'm not sure that argument stands up. Here's why: > > Capa was without doubt in my mind a great photographer, who developed > enormously, and a very brave man. But he was also certainly a gambler > with an eye to the main chance, most especially in the early days of > his career. > > This is clearly supposition, but I don't think it's impossible to > imagine Endre Friedmann, newly re-named (as a bit of a lark) Robert > Capa, in Spain taking pictures during a civil war in which he was > utterly biased (as I too would have been), trying to make his mark, > setting up a picture to help both himself and the cause. > > I think this Capa is quite different to the consummate professional who > waded ashore on Omaha. > > Incidentally, I didn't mean to intimate that Capa wouldn't have known > whether the Soldier was shot or not. Sorry if I gave that impression. > > P. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > www.paulhardycarter.com > www.digitalrailroad.net/phc > +44 (0)20 7871 7553 > ******* > > On 22 Mar 2006, at 14:23, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> Why 'worry' about it? Because, to some degree, Truth still matters. >> And by the way - a combat photographer sure as hell knows if he's just >> shot >> a guy who's just been shot, or if he posed the guy. And IF Capa posed >> the >> guy - and for the Xth time, I believe in the integrity of the photo, >> that >> act calls into question the entirity of his body of work as a war >> photographer. And frankly, I think that that body of work, and the >> risks he >> routinely took, which ultimately cost his life, are as close as we will >> ever come to "proof" that the photo is real. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information