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Loading ...From 1936 to 1939 Robert Capa photographed the horrors the Spanish Civil War. In 1936, he became known across the globe for a photo he took on the Cordoba Front of a Loyalist Militiaman who had just been shot and was in the act of falling to his death. Because of his proximity to the victim and the timing of the capture, there was a long controversy about the authenticity of this photograph. Historians eventually succeeded in identifying the dead soldier as Federico Borrell GarcÃa and proved it authentic. This is the best-known picture of the Spanish civil war.
![Death of a Loyalist Soldier [1936]](http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/capa_death_of_a_loyalist_soldier.jpg)
Photographer: Robert Capa
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I’ve read evidence that this photo was not staged. The proof is the soldier’s left hand. It curls up in reflex to being shot. Any consious person falling like this will extend their hand to break their fall. And Capa did get up close and personal. He was killed my a landmine.
Here’s an article arguing (persuasively, I think) that the photograph was -not- staged.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/capa_r.html
Where was the guy shot?
Do not crucify someone without evidence.
The photographer in question covered five wars.
He had the guts to land with the allied troops on D-Day.
And he died covering a war.
i believe its staged as well i mean….how could someone capture a picture so up and close in the middle a war unless it was a one on one battle and on the camera they had a zoom button ……
does anyone know who has proven that it is staged??
No, it’s because this photo IS staged. I don’t have any problem with gory images of death – but Robert Capa is a liar, who gets worshipped because of his lies. This has to stop, and the truth must be known.
As rational humans, we must seek truth, not comfort ourselves with attractive delusions. In a way, the adulation of this photo points to a great insecurity about death – we feel that we can control it, that we can “capture the moment of death” in a photograph.
Why is it that every time you people see an image of death, you don’t believe it? This, the Last Jew photo, the fire on marlborough street… Is it hard to accept its ingloriousness? Or just too morbid for you to admit seeing someone’s last moments?
This photo has been proven to be a fake. There are several other photos like this that were submitted, all staged.
Sorry, this photo has only recently been proven to have been staged.
Very sad years thouse! Unnecessary!
as far as i know this photo is staged
looks like that bullet did a pretty decent job of taking it away from him.
You fought for what you believed in, and no one can take that away from you.
Stunning photo!