Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:39 PM 7/27/98 EDT, the anonymous Richard wrote: >I've read that Capa only stayed 90 minutes before fear took over and he went >back to the ships. Imagine the poor GI's who didn't have that choice! Bunk, sir. Capa was, if anything, of foolhardy courage, and his entire combat experience (Spanish Civil War, the Second World War, Korea, and French Indo-China) is sprinkled with examples of great bravery under fire. However, he WAS under severe pressure to get his film back to the UK posthaste, and had to return to the ship to ensure that his cameras were unloaded and the film sent back to England. (And, of course, the 35mm film was improperly souped, though his Rolleiflex MF exposures of the approach were properly developed.) Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!