War Photography (unfinished)

Introduction
Robert Capa and Tony Vaccaro where photographers during World war II. For very similar jobs there work was very different. This post will explain there differences and how this separated there work form each other. Finally i will tell you if there photos where accurate to the times of war.

Who did they work for? 

Robert Capa Worked Life Magazine, and Tony was a Private GI.  (Robert took a Leica into battle whereas Tony was asked to take a generic camera  however they have severe delay in taking the picture he took his own personal camera. the Argos C3

How did this affect there work?

Robart Capa had complete freedom to enter and exit battles. although he was most likely told what photos he was allowed to take, He was still able to get well-timed shots. Tony however being a GI he had to follow the soldiers wherever they went and he had to fight first take photos later. This really affected there photographs.  Even though Robert had a lot of freedom during he time of war he still had difficulty when it came to development.  with the deadline at hand he had to develop his photos quickly. So someone decided to take them to a heating room witch is unprofessional due to the possibility of the photos melting. unfortunately this is what happens and he lost a significant number of the photos. Tony also had a hard time developing his photos even though he still had them all. the process involved him creating the chemicals himself therefore he had to act the whole development process and all during warfare. and to put the cherry on top of all this bad news related to tony Vaccaro, most of his photos where confiscated due to the disturbing images that he took.


Where there photos accurate/true to the times of war?

I have no doubt that Tony Vaccaro had accurate photographs but Robert Capa in particular i have doubts for.  With his fame for war photography, his view of war as "romantic" and even one of his own photos. rumors went around that some of his photos being forgery's. However there no prof of this. going back to their perspectives of war Tony  had a very dark and practically true perspective of war with this and no direct guidelines of what to take this is why i think his photos are the most true. I'm not doubting Robert's work it just with his specific guidlines and his Romantic Perspective plus his freedom to take what he wants thoughts do appear.


Photos:

Robert Capa Example A

Tony Vaccaro Example A

Leica

Augus C3

My Final Thoughts:


Tony Vaccaro had a much tougher time during the war then Robert Capa, even though his perspective of war is a little bit more human. Robart Capa did have a following behind him whitch might not make him a great person, but this power came at hand when it came to his job.