YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Online Videos, Music, and Movies. Watch a Video To. Robert Capa – was that photograph really real? « Ethical Martin. For many years I’ve been talking to my students about the ethical dilemmas associated with photojournalism. One of the key case studies that we discuss is the image of a Spanish soldier at the point of death that Magnum agency photographer Robert Capa took in 1936.In the shot the Loyalist soldier appears to be falling back after being hit by a sniper’s bullet.
For years there’s been controversy around this image. Some historians and journalists, notably Philip Knightley, have argued that this is a faked image. Posed by the soldier for Capa’s camera. In a review of a biography of Capa (Blood and Champagne by Alex Kershaw), Knightley is scathing in his attack on the man, and the famous image. Let’s get the bad stuff over first. Robert Capa was a liar, a compulsive gambler, a depressive, a heavy drinker, and a womaniser (especially with prostitutes).
But the Wikipedia entry and other bloggers have suggested that it’s real. In a response this this, another post suggested: Like this: Media Sources. Magic Chirac.