Re: [Leica] "powerful pictures"

["Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>]

The debate has been going on for ages. I remember seeing an article in
which the relatives of the man in the picture were interviewed and the
point of the article was that only one man was killed on that particula=
r
day when the picture was taken - he. Interesting, isn=B4t it. Raimo

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> From: Yods1@aol.com
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] "powerful pictures"
> Date: 02. kes=E4kuuta 1998 21:28
>=20
> Why quibble over the meaning of a "powerful" picture? You know what i=
s
meant
> by it.=20
> I saw a reference to Capa's Spanish soldier photograph. I'd be curiou=
s to
know
> if Lugger's think it is still a great photograph even though it was
probably
> set up (I'll get to that in a minute). I consider myself a
photojournalist and
> stick to the usually strict ethics of the profession, but feel that I=
'm
too
> partial to have a firm grasp on whether people really care if an imag=
e is
> staged or candid.=20
> About the photo: I did a term paper on Capa while in photo J. school =
at
> Indiana University. One of my references was biography on Capa (sorry=
,
it's
> been too long to remember the title or author) and in it was a contac=
t
sheet
> of the entire roll of negatives on which that frame was taken, courte=
sy
LIFE
> magazine as I recall. I seem to remember that particular soldier bein=
g in
a
> similar pose on more than one frame, but what I remember in particula=
r is
that
> there were two distinctly different soldiers in the same dramatic
pose--arms
> and head flung back, rifle falling away, etc. Same spot--same clouds =
in
the
> background--same tufts of grass at their feet--two different people,
wearing
> different clothes.
> It doesn't take a Leica scientist to figure out the improbability of =
Capa
> photographing one solder being shot, then another in the same spot/po=
se
after
> the first was hauled off. I just don't think so.
> But would people care if they knew?
> Dave Y.