Robert Capa

We did our artist presentations today in class. Our group did Sally Mann while the other group did Robert Capa. I was not familiar with Robert Capa prior to this presentation, and it was really interesting to learn about this photographer that was new to me.

Robert Capa was a famous war photographer who shot in black and white film. He actually died while taking photos of a war in 1954.

This was one of the main photographs talked about in the presentation. Robert Capa captured this picture of a man falling after being shot in war. It's such a unique photograph because, unlike with other photos, you cannot redo this image. You either get it or you don't. 

This photo wasn't in the presentation, but I really liked it when I was researching Robert Capa myself. Everyone is dressed the same in such thick and heavy material while running through water which would be awful to do because everything would weigh you down. Robert Capa did a great job capturing this photograph of the soldiers.