Photojournalism (War Photography)

 Robert Capa/Tony Viccaro

• Describe the different circumstances that these photographers experienced as Photojournalists in WW2 
• Find and upload to your blog some work of theirs

As war photographers, Tony Vaccaro and Robert Capa experienced some of the worst possible situations of their time. However they worked for different publishers, Vaccaro for the military and Capa for Life Magazine. Due to this the images each man produced were censored separately, Vaccaro was not permitted to publish images of dead or dying Allied soldier as it was not appropriate propaganda. Capa was restricted by the same issue, but not to the extent that the pictures were destroyed like Vaccaro's were. Both men put their lives on the line to bring to the public an accurate representation of the war, opening many people's eyes to the horrors their fellow countrymen went through to keep them safe. In my opinion without the images they brought back, we would not have as good an understanding of WW2 as we do in current times. As a frontline soldier Vaccaro was closer to the action than Capa, and so found a lot more graphic images, not to say that Capa was a coward. As he is widely regarded as the bravest professional photographer of his time. Yet he was able to select the battles he documented, often choosing the more "glamourous" ones, a perfect of example this is he was once quoted to say "war is romantic." To me this shows his complete lack of knowledge on the subject. To watch millions die on the battlefield and then come out with a statement like that. I can assure you Vaccaro would never have said such a thing.