Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]NOT TRUE. IF it was faked - and based on the present evidence, I believe it was real - but IF it was fake, then he indeed disguised it as something - he disguised it as a photograph of a soldier who had just been shot, dying in combat. Period. Capa was on assignment, to shoot the war in Spain. And that is what he shot. He was not just taking "pictures" - he was a journalist with a camera. And thus to submit a faked photo is to submit a lie. What is so complicated about that? -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Paul Hardy Carter Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:31 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Best known photo ? But surely the point about Capa's shot is that he didn't disguise it as anything. He just took a picture. Perhaps the sub who put the caption on the picture was the faker. P. At 2:36 pm -0400, 12/5/04, B. D. Colen wrote: >Thanks, Tina, that's what -IMHO - a number of people seem to be >missing. Great fiction - All Quiet On The Western Front, Henry V - and >great art >- Guernica, for example, can make extremely powerful statements, and >have enormous impact. But they don't gain that impact by masquerading as >fact. > >When fiction comes to the party masquerading as fact, truth goes home >early. > >B. D. > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information