William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W"
Subject: A new claim that Capa's falling soldier was a set-up
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/shot-down--capas-cl
assic-image-of-war-1754405.html
One wonders if he would have been a famous photographer if he hadn't
staged that picture.
William Robb
It's hard to know. It's also hard to know if he actually staged it
after more than 70 years. You'd have to find the exact spot the photo
was supposedly taken and use a lens of the same effective focal length
and do an exhaustive series of photographs and do serious photo
interpretation to be sure one way or another, and still the issue would
be in doubt. It looks to me that the evidence cited is totally
anecdotal and after this amount of time has elapsed would be highly suspect.
--
The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or
drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn
fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a
free man any more than a dog.
--G. K. Chesterton
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