ethical

Photographers venture onto the front to show the people back home what the war is about and the people in it, however what can be too much! a dead solider on the ground is that unethical?

a wounded solider why not try and help them out rather than take photographs of it?

Comparing it to when princess diana died and all the photographers just took photographers rather than help.

its all down to ethics

IAMGE AND PARTS TAKEN FROM http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/robert-capa/in-love-and-war/47/

Robert capas image of the falling solider has been rumoured to be staged and that the shot is a reenactment of another shot.

'Some writers have claimed that both The Falling Soldier and the photograph published in Vu directly below it — showing a man in a further state of collapse — show the same man.'Careful examination, however, leaves no doubt that they show two different men who fell on almost precisely the same spot. (The configurations of prominently upstanding stalks of grass in the two pictures are identical.) The Falling Soldier (below left) is wearing a white shirt and what appear to be khaki trousers; from each shoulder a strap runs straight down to a cartridge box at his waist; and he flings his gun away as he falls. The man in the other photograph (below right) is wearing a one-piece boiler suit; the straps running from his shoulders to his cartridge boxes cross at the center of his chest; and he seems to hold his gun firmly as his arm twists behind his back. Another photograph (above) shows the two men lined up with some of their comrades and waving their rifles. The man who was to become the Falling Soldier appears at the far left; the other is the third from the left.'

VISIT FOR MORE IMAGES: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/robert-capa/in-love-and-war/47/

Chris Hondros

PICTURE TAKEN FROM http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/photographer-chris-hondros-how-i-captured-iraq-790432.html?action=Popup&ino=6

One picture, for which he won the prestigious Robert Capa Gold Medal, was taken in the northern town of Tal Afar in 2005. An Iraqi girl is shown covered in blood, in the moments after nervous US soldiers shot and killed both of her parents after they had refused to stop their car (6). The couple's six children, who were sitting in the back seat, all survived. It was one of the first images of an accidental civilian killing to emerge, and Hondros regards the pictures as among his most important achievements.

"Thousands of Iraqis have been killed in these kinds of incidents: it's incredibly common. But although it happens every day, it's rarely photographed. It's only one aspect of the war, but in this case I hope my pictures helped people to understand how these things unfold."

TAKEN FROM: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/photographer-chris-hondros-how-i-captured-iraq-790432.html

Robert capa

Robert Capa may be known as one of the most famous war photographers, shooting black and white. Whilst research i came across the robert capa gold medal.

The Robert Capa Gold Medal is an award for "best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise". It is awarded annually by the Overseas Press Club of America (OPC). It was created in honor of the war photographer Robert Capa. The first Robert Capa Gold Medal was awarded in 1955 to Howard Sochurek.

Still or Video

With all the new technology photographers tool belts are growing. Many photographers have gone more towards video footage. Some say that in a video you can see more emotion than in a still image.

Don McCullin - a still war photographer http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/feb/07/don-mccullin-shaped-war-review

And now you have HD recording on Dslr's more and more footage is coming out.

taken on canon 5d mark ii

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