Death of a Loyalist Soldier [1936]

Stunning photo!

You fought for what you believed in, and no one can take that away from you.

looks like that bullet did a pretty decent job of taking it away from him.

as far as i know this photo is staged

Very sad years thouse! Unnecessary!

Sorry, this photo has only recently been proven to have been staged.

This photo has been proven to be a fake. There are several other photos like this that were submitted, all staged.

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?

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.

does anyone know who has proven that it is staged??

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 ……

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.

Where was the guy shot?

Here’s an article arguing (persuasively, I think) that the photograph was -not- staged.
pbs.org/wnet...

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.