The Greatest War Photograph and Robert Capa

When I was first exposed to this photograph, I didn’t even think twice about it being staged. I didn’t even know that there was a controversy about it. I just took it as this photo was legit and it shows the brutally of war.  If you were to ask me, the photo looks too real to be staged. I don’t see how a bullet going through anyone’s head can be staged during that time. I think that photos like this can’t really be staged because it’s really a difficult shot to stage; the way the soldier is falling and his pose. As stated in the article, the way the soldier’s hand was curled up against his palm is something that is very hard to stage. Captain Robert L. Franks said that it was nearly impossible for any conscious person and that hardly anyone knows about this hand position. In addition, Capa was known to be out in the war zones photographing. Why would he stage this one photo? I find no reason why he would stage this.