----- Original Message ----- From: "ADavidhazy" <andpph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <andpph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 9:15 PM Subject: Re: Nightline--WWII > Apologies to all ... I was just guessing there must have been photographs by > combat photographers ... even if not exactly still photographers. Guess all > images we have from Omaha then were reduced to the 11 frames of Capa. Wow! > > Andy > > Hi all, I haven't read the list for a while so I lost this discussion a month ago but I want to add my 2p anyway. A great read about Capa in WWII is his own book "Slightly Out of Focus". It tells a lot about the guy and his will to take the best war photographs ever. The story is changed a bit (I think he had a movie script in mind when he wrote it) but still a very good reading. Also there's "Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa" of Alex Kershaw. Also a very good read that tells a lot about Capa during WWII and gives a wider picture about him. Certainly he was a special one. A greater than life character. Both books sustain what has been discussed: Capa's pictures are the only ones from Omaha. The other assigned photographer never made it to land. Stayed in the boat and went back to the ship once he saw what that was about. Sorry for the late intervention. Cheers, Carlos
