Photojournalism Part 2

Robert Capa

Born on October 22nd 1913, Died on May 25th 1954. He was a Hungarian combat photographer and photojournalist who has covered and photographed five different wars. These were:

• Spanish Civil War 
• Second Sino-Japanese War 
• World War 2 
• 1948 Arab-Israeli War 
• First Indochina War

Robert Capa in Spain, using a filmo 16mm movie camera.

Robert Capa would risk his life in order to capture the correct action of photos, so that the entire globe can see and get a close up glimpse, of how it was like during the war. He also had to plan ahead in order to use his cameras as there were limited film inside the camera as their could only be 32 films in which it can fit in, which meant that he can only take 32 photos of war and its surroundings, which may had let a bit of pressure on him. Robert had rose fame for himself this was by standing right in the centre of huge explosions and firings in order to capture the decisive moment. One of his famous rules were get closer and getting more closer, this had showed the passion towards photography and to bring out a whole new meaning towards the war and the  photos taken, in which it had left everyone speechless.

The falling man


One of these photos were when during 1936-1939 he was in spain photographing the horrors that happened in the Spainsh civil war. In 1936 he became well known across thew whole world for taking the famous photo known as the "Falling Soilder" photo. There have also been many long controversy about this photo if it was taken falsely or if it was staged in any way.


Roger Fenton

Roger fenton

Born on 28th March 1819, Died on 8th August 1869  English, and one of the most influential and important photographers of the mid-19th century, exhibiting more widely and prolifically than any other of the period. His landscape and architectural studies were highly regarded and often referred to by critics as points of reference to which all other photographers should aspire.



Despite this formal education, Fenton's real ambition was to become an artist, and using an inheritance from his grandfather he was able to train in both Paris and London, submitting three studies to the Royal Academy between 1848 and 1851. This training and experience distinguished Fenton's career as a photographer and set him apart from many of his contemporaries.



Unlike his other friends, Fenton never felt constrained to stick to one distinct photographic genre. Instead he moved freely from portraiture, narrative tableaux, documentary sequences, landscape and topographical studies, and elaborate still life studies made in his studio. He used large-format plates to make impressive studies of architecture, and the stereoscopic camera for more intimate studies in the third dimension. Commercially his work occupied the top end of the market where it was widely sold by leading printsellers, most notably by Thomas Agnew & Sons, of Manchester and London, the firm that underwrote his expedition to photograph the Crimean War in 1855. Fenton remained consistent in his love of the British landscape and the history it enfolded. Each summer he photographed in locations revered for their ruined abbeys, cathedrals, castles, romantic associations, and literary connotations. These are now considered to be among the finest architectural and topographical studies of the 19th century.

Tony Vaccaro
Born on 20th December 1922. He is also a great photographer who is best known for taking world war 2 pictures during 1944 and 1945.


German soilder returns home - Tony Vaccaro

Tony Vaccaro is one of the best photographers and one of the respected. Vaccaro also fought in the war as a private in the 83rd division infantary division of the US army in Germany. His day to day task was a scout, but in his spare free time he would had left him to take day to day photos. Towards the end of the war in Europe, Vaccaro had became an offcial photographer for the divisions newspaper. In September he was discharged from the army. These two photographs display one of his finest works, together these two images shows the moments being captured which could be joyous or devastating many of his photographs were the beginning of his photography career.