Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/12

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Subject: [Leica] Best known photo ?
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Wed May 12 01:59:04 2004
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Henning Wulff wrote:
>> But as to the Robert Capa photo - here I disagree violently with you.
>>
>> Whether this iconic image, by the man who, in effect, 'invented' modern
>> photo journalism, 

there were many others doing reportage with 35mm before Capa, all across Europe 
and into Russia and the Far East. And remember that HCB was doing what we would 
nowadays call photojournalism at the time in France,Spain and Poland in 
particular and elsewhere.

and without question 'invented' modern war
>> photography, is a fake or genuine is of enormous importance. We are not
>> discussing an art photograph - we are discussing a piece of photo
>> JOURNALISM,

Iwo Jima ??

Peter Dzwig



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