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-Robert Capa photographed "Dying Royalist Soldier"
-Capa chose the battles he photographed in WW1
-Tony Vaccaro was a WW2 soldier/photographer
-Capa went onto battlefield with the first wave of troops
Techniques
-Leica camera- released in 1925
-Tony Vaccaro used a standard camera, despite what the military ordered him to use
-Tony was close to the action, taking photos while being shot at. He also developed his film on site.
(photo from: photocsc.blogspot.com)
Robert Capa
Robert Capa photographed a "Dying Royalist Soldier",
using a "Leica" camera. The camera used was released in 1925.
(photo sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa)
Capa selected the battles that he photographed during WW1. He went onto the battlefield with the first wave of troops during the V-day landings. One photo was taken by Capa while he was being shot at.
He managed to capture the image of an enemy tank being destroyed.
Tony Vaccaro was a soldier-photographer during WW2,
using a standard camera as opposed to a camera sanctioned to him by
the military. He usually developed his film on the battle field. Vaccaro took some photos and found the ruins of an old camera store, where he found the chemicals necessary to develop his films on a moonless night. The military censors confiscated and destroyed the developed films on account of
"the public wasn't ready for such realistic images".
Jason these are good notes. Try and discuss the 3 photographers we looked at in class with a definition of what you feel photojournalism is about (what makes it this type of picture). Then you can explore how effective you feel the photograph is at depicting real events, does the photograph achieve this?
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