i spent a bit of time very early this morning reading one of those books that you can buy in your local bookshop. the ones that deal on loads of subjects. like “20th century art” and stuff. well i got “20th century photography”. i saw one picture by a photographer called robert capa. one of his most famous photos is called “death of a spanish loyalist”

its hard to make out the detail in the image, but its taken at the moment of a mans death. this picture (amongst others) gave capa a great reputation. he went on to photograph d-day in 1944 and his brother founded the international centre for photography in new york city (a place i kept meaning to visit when i was there, but was too lazy)

anyway. he also helped to set up magnum photos

he was killed in 1954 while on assignement in vietnam. he had a motto “if your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough”. in the end his motto cost him his life. thankfully he left some amazing photos behind