Saturday, February 5, 2011

RESEARCHERS: CAPA CIVIL WAR PHOTO LIKELY STAGED (AP)



A visitor looks at the 'Falling Militiaman' by Robert Capa at the exhibition, 'This is war! Robert Capa at work' at Museo Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in Barcelona, Wednesday, July 22, 2009.  The Robert Capa photograph of the  falling Spanish Civil War militiaman that became one of the most famous and enduring images of conflict in the 20th century was probably staged, according to Spanish researchers who have studied events surrounding the picture. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP - Robert Capa's photograph of a falling Spanish Civil War militiaman became one of the most famous and enduring images of conflict in the 20th century. Now, Spanish researchers who have studied events surrounding the picture believe it may have been staged.




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