This picture was taken by a Hungarian photographer, Robert Capa.He covered 5 wars: the Spanish Civil War (there are many grates pictures from this war. One he took in the exactly same moment that a soldier was shoot), the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War.
I choose this one because I have to (I mean, choose just one).
Capa is a war photographer. He use to say “if a picture is not good enough it because you waren`t close enough”. With this philosophy he went really close to some quite dangerous situation, in fact, he died when he set of an antipersolan mine.
This picture was taked during the D-Day, in the north cost of France, Normandy (Omaha beach…everyone who saw Ryan Soldier movie will know it), in June 6, 1944. It`s difficult to imagine a more dangerous place to be with, instead of a riffle, two Contax II cameras (for my is just crazy, and I really thing Capa loved his job and lifestyle). It`s shows when the americans where out of the boats and star to walk (run) to the nazi`s bunkers in a really critical position.
I like it for , I think, two reason. First you could say it`s a real picture, not an artistic one (I do like the artistics pictures to, anyway) who show us a part of a history but, and this is the second reason, it was taken with such a big sensibility that, don`t mind the picture was taking from behind the soldiers, you could feel the fear (if you see the others pictures of the serie, you will see the faces and tetrical stages) and it`s easy to appreciate what this people were dealing with
i dont realy like this picture the wat things gets me a litle nervous, but i like the idea how how extreme this guy was and been so close of the event.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very good picture, I agree with you about that you can feel the tension.
ReplyDeleteI like the History pictures
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yes it feels the fear , i think that kind of pictures show us topics that we can`t forget.
ReplyDeleteIf I remember correctly, the D-Day is an war event that started the war photography to big scale . Unfortunate start.
ReplyDeleteGood picture, It has an historically importance, i think
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Good, Ricardo.
ReplyDeleteSay, "This picture was taken BY..."
What is wrong her? "One he tooked in the exactly same moment that a soldier was impacted), the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War."
Also, "“if a picture is not good enough, IT is because you (wasn`t) WEREN´T close enough”
I suggest you double check your post for "silly" mistakes. I´ll get back to you in class.
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Paula