[Leica] NPR comments on photography

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Yep, well it was Robert Capa. No shortage of opinions on that shot out there 
in Google land.
If it was staged, do you think that diminishes its power as an image? If, so 
was staging the picture justified? And for wheels
within wheels, I have read that Capa himself was a staged identity created 
to market the work of a photographer called Andre
Friedman.
One reference here 
<http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/capa/photo1.html>

If that is so does that diminish your opinion of his iconic pictures?

Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Tom Schofield
Sent: Friday, 27 April 2007 08:56
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] NPR comments on photography

Yeah, that's the one.  IIRC, what I read was that the photographer  
said he was taking a picture of the (live) soldier on the hill, and  
that it was coincidence that the bullet hit the moment he released  
the shutter.  He claimed no skill in capturing the moment of death.   
I wasn't aware that its authenticity was controverted.  Now I'm  
bummed.  ;-(

Tom

On Apr 26, 2007, at 3:35 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Tom, your parting thought contains a very interesting example. I  
> think that you may be referring to that famous Capa photograph,
> from 1936, in the Spanish Civil War. That photograph of the  
> Loyalist soldier falling is now thought by many to have been staged.
> That same photo was a powerful symbol at the time. If manipulated,  
> then an excellent example of how a picture may be used to
> influence opinion, a propaganda tool. Did the end justify the  
> means? That is at the core of the discussion regarding
> photojournalism, I think.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy


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