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- Eurynom0s, on 07/22/2009, -6/+43Is it just me or are all the "purple" boxes actually blue?
- martage, on 07/22/2009, -8/+43BILLY MAYS HERE WITH WHO GIVES A FLYING *****?
- Mankind121, on 07/22/2009, -1/+20It'd be pretty difficult to snap a shot of someone next to you getting hit with a bullet the instant it happens
- ogre2112, on 07/22/2009, -4/+20I bet you like Milli Vanilli too
- lolwatermelon, on 07/22/2009, -0/+15That is the bluest purple I've ever seen.
- DurtyJ, on 07/22/2009, -4/+17Well I guess it's time to boycott this Capa guy's work. I declare that we will reject any and all new material he produces.
- FXPooky, on 07/22/2009, -0/+12Yeah, am I going color blind here?
- skinrock, on 07/22/2009, -2/+12"In an editorial El Periodico claimed that his staging of the Falling Soldier was more than cancelled out by the countless authentic photographs he took throughout his dangerous career"
Good enough for me. Besides, it only took them 70 years to figure it out. - Mankind121, on 07/22/2009, -0/+81 picture might not, but when all your war photos are ousted as fakes people may reconsider
- douglasr007, on 07/22/2009, -0/+7I bet you loved the journalism the Germans had during World War II, didn't you?
- Claverhouse, on 07/22/2009, -0/+7It matters since it verifies that the camera can lie in the interests of propaganda, and 'truth' can be bent to the needs of political dictates --- much as with the pulling down of Saddam's statue, at first alleged to be the product of grateful Iraqi people-power, but later shown to be an American initiative in the interests of the Bushie War Machine.
As a crypto-communist Capa naturally wished to impel emotion towards the Spanish Republican side, and such a photograph was worth a thousand words for recruitment purposes --- ignoring the downside that some fainthearts might decide upon seeing a grisly death not to involve themselves, and that the Republicans could always count upon their delightful and unique method of recruitment of kidnapping homeless men in France and after transport, awakening them from their stupor with the gift of a rifle and pointing out the targets.
http://ethicalmartini.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/rob ... - masamunecyrus, on 07/22/2009, -0/+7LRO just ***** took pictures of the Apollo landing sites as it turned on after being launched not too long ago.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/l ... - ChromaVita, on 07/22/2009, -3/+8SHOPPED.
- inactive, on 07/22/2009, -0/+4And the yellow boxes look orange too!
- CTK14A, on 07/22/2009, -0/+4What's Michael Imperioli doing in this article?
- TheSwashbuckler, on 07/22/2009, -0/+3You should always care about truth...
- digitalArtform, on 07/22/2009, -2/+5It really looks fake here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/1805926540/in ... - cosworth99, on 07/22/2009, -0/+2“Logic? My God, the man’s talking about logic. We’re talking about universal Armageddon!”
- Mercedes383, on 07/22/2009, -0/+2I think he did stage them. They were not taken anywhere near the the area they were purported to have been taken. I remember my photography tutor years ago mentioning the controversy over these images.
This doesn't take anything away from his later work during WWII. He was right in the thick of it there and took some excellent pictures. He was a very brave fellow. Being right where the action is was what killed him eventually, with him dying with his camera in his hands. - inactive, on 07/26/2009, -0/+2Claver, what defines the truth however? You could argue the fall of Saddam's statue was staged but it also shocked the Arab world who had been fed so much ***** by their own media for decades they believed that Iraq was winning and repelling the US assault. After years of anti-American and zionist conspiracy theories it was a shock of truth sent into a region accustomed to myths and lies, that indeed the nationalist Arab leader could be defeated much like 1967 when Nasser was defeated symbolically.
- CTK14A, on 07/22/2009, -0/+1That is delightful and unique.
- Gondring, on 07/30/2009, -0/+1Shout out to the Penn State alumni of the proper era who know this as "The Fighting Red Onion Head" ot "The most famous and colorful of the big hunks of scrap metal uglifying campus but they put out there and call 'art'."
- Mercedes383, on 07/22/2009, -1/+2The Spanish Civil War was his first big job I think that got recognised. The images were quite influential at the time. Although these fakes does tarnish his reputation he did in fact make some excellent images during WWII. He even swam ashore on Omaha Beach during the D-Day assault with his cameras. Balls.
- lhbaker, on 07/22/2009, -1/+2A career built on a well-told lie. Capra's not the first, and won't be the last. Very cool article, though.
- Aidenag, on 07/22/2009, -1/+2This really doesn't prove it without a doubt like the dailysleaze says it does.. It's all very circumstantial and lacks any solid proof... Take into account the fact this was a civil war in a point in time where getting exact facts on times and locations was not that easy. There very well could of been combat in this location on the day in question and nobody reported it. It's not like that region looks very populated either. So small skirmishes could easily go under the radar. I agree that the photo's prove the location Capa gave for them is wrong, they definitely prove that, but to prove that the shot itself was staged is a stretch.. One need only look at the rest of Capa's career to see that he was not the type to stage a photo, he risked and gave his life following the maxim of "If your picture isn't good enough, you're not close enough." Just look at his D-day photo's and tell me if this looks like the type of guy who would stage a shot, rather than get into the thick of combat and get the real deal.
- FauOz, on 07/23/2009, -0/+1Many of the Civil war battles were reported by newspapers before they happened. Reporters anxious to scoop the story. And yes toay false reports are being made into history. i watched Brian Williams show the submarine from Titanic movie and say it was a Russian sub and a few weeks later a digital faked truck bomb go off....all the fake entertainment news that the public will believe
- keysersozejr, on 07/22/2009, -2/+3That is a huge leap to take with a guesstimate. From the landscape which doesn't match in three separate photos that don't ever show the face of the same man twice, to the photo was staged and fake. The man died doing the very thing that allowed him to take such an amazing photo, being right in the action and on the frontline.
Going after a man who can't defend himself, classy move Daily Mail. I despise litigious people but I hope some relatives are alive to sue for libel.
- Gondring, on 07/30/2009, -0/+1There's a lot more evidence than portrayed in that article. The thing's a fake.
- JoeHague, on 07/22/2009, -1/+2That looks kind of shaky to me/
- douglasr007, on 07/22/2009, -1/+1Interesting.
Does anyone know the image was used at the end of Gallipolli? - hokeywhiteboy, on 07/22/2009, -0/+0Staged war photos have a long and proud history. They still do it today... for both stills and video.
It is not about the image being a 'fake' it is about creating a shot that perfectly describes a moment in time. - GorfTron, on 07/22/2009, -2/+2Jesus, at least he did not claim he was god. God!
- allisonV12, on 07/22/2009, -0/+0I forgot that Mel was in other movies besides Lethal Weapon 4
- tizzleG, on 07/22/2009, -3/+2"Capa died in 1954 when he stepped on a land-mine in Indo-China.
Pay what you owe - allisonV12, on 07/22/2009, -1/+0So he cheated a little to jump start a photographic journey through Hell,
He had to elbow alway other Depression era rookies before he made the Big League at Normandy - anthropodeus, on 07/22/2009, -2/+1At least, indeed, for *I* am God.
- bruce267, on 07/22/2009, -4/+0Still changed the public view of the war, overall the photograph helped.
Even if its a fake no one therefore got hurt, but much good came from it. - SeinfeldQuote, on 07/22/2009, -5/+0intro to photography 101 tells you this. nothing new dude...
- ImSean, on 07/22/2009, -6/+1Not too sure but there's a theory out there that all of the days photos were staged (hence the series of the not-too-in-the-battle-im-standing-up-to-shoot-photograph), but that this is actually someones death, as someones gun had fired a real bullet.
- adamward, on 07/22/2009, -9/+2I have a hunch that's why it was such an incredible picture.
I just don't see why it was so important to prove that this picture was fake or staged or whatever. Capa was such an influential photographer, 1 picture isn't going to ruin his reputation. - jadedoto, on 07/22/2009, -18/+10It's still a great photograph, and Cappa was a legendary photographer... so who cares?
- inactive, on 07/22/2009, -9/+1Fake fake fake... just like the MOON LANDING!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-9v0Jg5znI
- CanadaMan87, on 07/22/2009, -17/+8Who gives a *****?
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