The point is Capa brushed up against death every day he was on the job. 
 That is what made him great.  He refused to let danger come between 
him and a great photograph.  But when danger becomes you friend, it can 
also become your downfall.

On Sunday 16 September 2001 20:29, Peter Alling wrote:
> I was going to point that out but I thought it was in bad taste.
>
> At 07:32 PM 9/6/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >And who would know better.  He is my all-time greatest  war
> >photographer.  Unfortunately, he got too close to a land mine.
> >
> >On Thursday 06 September 2001 19:12, you wrote:
> > > On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 13:03:36 -0500, Paris, Leonard wrote:
> > > > [...] "If your pictures aren't
> > > > interesting, you aren't close enough." [...]
> > >
> > > I've seen that quotation attributed to Robert Capa.
> > >
> > > TTYL, DougF
> >
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