[Leica] Capa or here we go again

[hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)]

Strange that the the writer's painstaking research and cogitation  
weren't accompanied by even a passing question about how ONE  
photographer happened to snap the shutter at the moments of the deaths  
of TWO different soldiers within a few minutes at the VERY SAME SPOT  
on a hillside. Not a word of skepticism on this point! Uncritical  
acceptance of this most improbable coincidence is inadequate,  
irresponsible journalism.

To my mind, the second and lesser-known photograph is prima facie  
evidence of several iterations of a staging. Unfortunately, this piece  
does nothing to resolve the controversy.

--howard


On Jan 27, 2008, at 4:31 AM, Tarek Charara wrote:

> There was this essay posted here a few months ago:
>
> <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/capa_r.html>
>
> For whatever it's worth... :^)
>
> All the best from the south of France!
>
> Tarek