Robert Capa’s photograph, Death of a Loyalist Soldier, real or staged? Many wonder many attempt to disprove. As for my opinion I believe it’s definitely real. Being in photo Journalism, the photographer’s job to expose the truth, which is as good as his word. Therefore I wish to believe that Capa didn’t go out of his way to capture a mock shot of death. Whelan was really into disproving Capa’s photo, mentioning it was staged because he mentions the body was already limp when the photo was taken. In addition to that, Capa’s life was at risk too and he wouldn’t be able to show his work if he tried to set up a false shot in the middle of battle, although no surrounding solders were in the picture which leads me to wonder what really happen that day. Spain’s civil war was bloody to say the least, Whelan also says the photo was taken by someone who resembled Capa’s instead he took the credit for the picture. You think they would of reached the bottom of this 70 years ago…
