Photojournalism part 2

Robert Capa was one of the photographers for the second world war. He said his rules for photography was
1) get close
2) get closer
Tony vaccaro was also a photographer in the second world war but was also a solidor. He made some of the best photographers of world war two. Vaccaro couldnt afford a likar unlike Capa so he felt jealous of capa's work. Instead he used a Argus c3.
They both thought of the photography rather than the survial.
When Vaccaro took one of his photo's of a man he felt the picture would look better from higher up so he stood on his tip toes and took the photo, he had been spotted and could hear the sound of the bullets hitting the tank as he jumped down to the floor and just looked and the body.
Everyone was waiting for the pictures that Capa had taken for example life magazine. People wanted to know what was happeing at war. When the pictures finally got back home the world wasnt ready to see what war was like and found it too shocking this lead to some of the photographs being banned.
 The pictures tell you about being in the write place at the right time with a camera but also for surivival.
Roger Thenton also took pictures of a war that used horse and cannons but he was not on the frontline like Capa and Vaccaro he saw some of after the war, he took a picture of a pathway filled cannon balls. this image was just as powerful because people couldnt imagine being in this situation.
After world war two Capa wet to hollywood to continue taking photo's on a flim set and Vaccaro stayed in Germany.
Eddie Adams is the photographer that took the photograph in Vietnan of the police officer shooting the man in the head. When this image was taken it was also caught on film but the picture stayed in peoples heads more than the film footage as it is constanly there looking at it. the expression on the man's face stays with the viewers as they know it is when the bullet hits him.