RE: OT: Did Capa Fake the Falling Soldier Photograph?

2009-07-22 Thread Bob W
I don't think it's OT in the least. I find it a bit shocking. Other greats have faked their work  and still I doubt that it can be argued that Capa wasn't a great photographer. I read that he chose the name Capa to mimic Capra, as in Frank Capra, the iconic American Director. I

Re: OT: Did Capa Fake the Falling Soldier Photograph?

2009-07-22 Thread Brendan MacRae
nothing. It's all very fascinating. Brendan - Original Message From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:34:13 AM Subject: RE: OT: Did Capa Fake the Falling Soldier Photograph? I don't think it's OT

OT: Did Capa Fake the Falling Soldier Photograph?

2009-07-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
New claims that the iconic war image was staged: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1201116/How-Capas-camera-does-lie-The-photographic-proof-iconic-Falling-Soldier-image-staged.ht -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT: Did Capa Fake the Falling Soldier Photograph?

2009-07-21 Thread Sasha Sobol
The link should read: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1201116/How-Capas-camera-does-lie-The-photographic-proof-iconic-Falling-Soldier-image-staged.html On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com wrote: New claims that the iconic war image was

Re: OT: Did Capa Fake the Falling Soldier Photograph?

2009-07-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Yes, thank you, I did a poor job of copying and pasting. Dam On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: The link should read:

Re: OT: Did Capa Fake the Falling Soldier Photograph?

2009-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Fascinating. Evidently the public mind has changed considerably throughout last century... On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: The link should read:

Re: OT: Did Capa Fake the Falling Soldier Photograph?

2009-07-21 Thread Brendan MacRae
that sort of personality is not adverse to fudging at times. Still, this is pretty remarkable. -Brendan - Original Message From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:16:45 AM Subject: OT: Did Capa Fake the Falling