Rachie: Capa, Staged Photos and Authenticity

So was Capa’s photograph of the Falling Soldier staged? Maybe, but I don’t think so.
Even his biographer, Whelan, believed that the photograph captured was actually the moment of the soldier’s death. I followed through and agree with his arguments. Like Whelan explained, the soldiers were probably pretending to fire, but were killed in the process. And Capa captured the moment right when they got shot. I mean, if the photograph was staged, how did the soldiers know how to pose realistically to show that they were dying? (Like their muscles and hand positions.) And who would risk their life for this photograph?
But it really doesn’t matter if Capa’s photograph was staged or not. If the soldier was posing, then so be it. I believe the photograph had other objectives than to show “the moment of a Loyalist soldier’s death.” I feel like one of the main goals of capturing this photograph was to show that because of wars, many innocent lives are taken away. And that has to stop.