Un cortometraje documental sobre la vida de Robert Capa realizado por Nicholas Salyers para la clase de escritura de largometrajes y documentales del profesor Steve Middleton, instructor de comunicación de masas en la Universidad Estatal de Morehead.
Crédito: Morehead State Special Collections & Archives
Crédito: Morehead State Special Collections & Archives
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00:00Robert Capa, considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of all time,
00:06was born Andre Friedman in 1913. Born and raised in Budapest, Hungary by Jewish
00:13parents, Friedman moved to Germany at the age of 18 and soon began work as a
00:17darkroom assistant at a local German picture agency. He lived in Germany for
00:22several years before moving to Paris in order to evade the spread of Nazism. It
00:27was during his time in Paris when he met his future companion, a fellow
00:30photographer named Goethe Poirier. The two began working together and publishing
00:35photographs under the name of Robert Capa. Eventually, Friedman would adopt the
00:40pseudonym Robert Capa for himself and Poirier began to work under the name
00:44Goethe-Tarot. In 1936, Capa and Tarot traveled to Spain to capture images of
00:51the Spanish Civil War. It was here that Capa would gain worldwide fame for his
00:55picture known as the Falling Soldier, taken as a soldier was falling to the
00:59ground after appearing to be fatally shot. This photograph has gone on to
01:04become one of the most iconic images of war. The authenticity of the photograph,
01:08however, has come into question over the years. The soldier's identity, whether he
01:13was actually being shot or just falling, and whether or not the photo was even
01:17captured by Capa has all come into question. However, little of this is
01:21important since this photo still serves as a powerful representation of the
01:25casualties of war. Later in his career, as the only civilian photographer
01:30landing on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, Capa redefined photojournalism by
01:34documenting the invasion from a firsthand point of view. With two cameras
01:39equipped with a 50 millimeter lens and several rolls of film, Capa risked his
01:43life to capture more than 100 photographs that documented the invasion
01:46of the beaches. Capa quickly sent the rolls of film to London to be developed.
01:52Unfortunately, all but 11 photographs were destroyed during the processing.
01:57This group of surviving photographs, now known as the Magnificent Eleven, exhibits
02:03some of the most memorable moments from World War II. Capa covered five different
02:08wars over the course of his career. In 1954, while a volunteer assignment
02:13covering the First Indochina War for Life magazine, Capa accidentally stepped
02:18on a landmine and was subsequently killed. His premature death only enhanced
02:24his reputation as one of the most quintessential photographers of his era
02:27and is still considered to be the greatest war photographer of all time.