The Mystery of How Robert Capa's Militiaman's Photograph Was Taken Continues Ninety Years Later

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Robert Capa (1913-1954) is the great myth of war photojournalism. He photographed the Civil War, World War II, the Chinese-Japanese war or the Indochina war, where he lost his life. He always sought to fulfill his maxim: “If a photo is not good enough it is because you were not close enough.” He also forged his legend thanks to his personality: gift of people, ironic humor, livery, drinker, always with a cigarette in his hand or in his mouth, he…

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An exhibition that coincides with the 90th anniversary of this historic event presents images of the epoch revealed at the time by the acclaimed photojournalistThe photojournalists of Gaza that “Israel is trying to silence” reveal the horror that only they can photograph At a time when the genocide in Gaza has mobilized the world of culture, society has become aware of the important work of photojournalists to narrate what is happening. A work t…

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He died instantly. Just when a very young Robert Capa pressed his camera to portray the Spanish Civil War. A bullet went through the head of Federico Borrel, the Republican militiaman who quickly became a symbol of barbarism. He fell flat, with his arms on the cross. No margin of reaction. That image, taken on September 5, 1936, so precise, has been the subject of debate on numerous occasions. Has he falsified it? No one knows it. He will not kn…