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bnox (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Proving that Robert Capa's "Falling Soldier is Genuine: a Detective Story : "Just as Capa was about to press his shutter release, a hidden enemy machinegun opened fire. Borrell, hit in the head or heart, died instantly and went limp while still on his feet, as Capa's photograph shows." Intriguing background information on one of the world's most famous war pictures.
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growabrain (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The Falling Soldier …When I began the research for my biography of Robert Capa, in 1980, one problem I inherited was that of dealing with an allegation of fakery regarding Capa’s 1936 photograph of a Spanish Republican (Loyalist) militiaman collapsing...
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Leaning Towards the Dark Side (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
A Country Such as This, by James Webb During their Senate race, George Allen apparently referred to Webb as “”the fiction writer candidate”, to which Webb once replied “Yes, George, I write fiction,” Webb said, “and take a look here and you will see how people who do this understand the human experience in a very [...]
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Open Culture (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Take some of the most important photographs of the 20th century, then remake them with Legos, and here’s what you get. You get Robert Capa’s 1944 photograph of the D-Day invasion, looking something like this: (see below). The famous Lunch Atop a Skyscraper photo suddenly looks like this. The image of Roger Bannister breaking the [...]
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
For 70 years, Cornell Capa was fated to have his name coupled with that of his older brother, the photographer Robert Capa, arguably still the medium’s most famous exponent. His own reputation with the camera was inevitably overshadowed, and as the guardian of his brother’s flame that was perhaps as he wanted.
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The First Post (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Terry Wogan has threatened to quit his annual coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest for the BBC unless something is done to stop the "fix" in which Eastern European countries…
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Communications (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
Video Lists Portrait Photography (Download This Video)Photography tutorial - depth of field (Download This Video)DSLR Tips: Night Photography (Download This Video)masters of photography (Download This Video)The Portrait Photography Masterclass (Download This Video)photography - shutter (Download This Video)Digital Photography Lesson - Fall Foliage 4 of 4 (Download This Video)Quiet Minds - Miksang Photography...
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The WOW Report (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
This photograph of Jacqueline and John F...
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A Spork in the Drawer (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Photographer brother of Robert Capa has died at age 90. California. 1960. Senator John F. KENNEDY reaches his hands into a crowd while campaigning for the presidency. Magnum has a slideshow here. .
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Thomas Hawk Digital Connection (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Magnum Blog / Cornell Capa 1918-2008 - the photo blog of Magnum Photos : "Bitte klick hier um Flash zu installieren!" "...The idea that any photography can't be personal is madness! ... I see something; it goes through my eye, brain, heart, guts; I choose the subject. What could be more personal than that?" -- Cornell Capa A post over on the Magnum blog about the recent death of Magnum photographer...
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Pioneer photojournalist Cornell Capa has died at the age of 90.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Pioneer photojournalist Cornell Capa has died at the age of 90.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Cornell Capa was a Life magazine staff photographer from 1946 to 1954. He later joined the Paris-based Magnum agency founded by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and others.
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And Far Away (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
It's been 60 years since the Palestinian Nakbeh. That means around four generations of Palestinians. Of course, in these past 60 years, life for Palestinians for those still living in Palestine and the ones living in exodus have changed drastically. Thanks to ethnic cleansing, injustice, barricading, lack-of-educational means, poverty, bad health care, constant pressure, among [...]
