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How Capa’s camera does lie, or doesn’t, you be the judge.

How about a little controversy to start the working week. The famous photo of a soldier falling to his death after being shot in the Spanish Civil War is being called a fake once again. It seems to pop up every now and then on photography forums and web sites the world over every six months or so.

Falling Soldier

The case against the photo.

How Capa’s camera does lie: The photographic proof that iconic ‘Falling Soldier’ image was staged | Mail Online.

The case for the photo.

Robert Capa – In Love and War | American Masters | PBS.

I have read them both and I am still on the fence. What do you think good reader?


Many thanks to w00dsy for sending me the first link.