Analysis of the Authorized Account of the Photograph <i>Falling Soldier</i> by Robert Capa
Journal: Sociology & Social Policy
Year: 2025

The accounts by Robert Capa regarding the photograph The Falling Soldier differ between the formal narrative intended for the media and the informal story shared with colleagues during casual encounters. The disparity between these accounts lies in the fact that the former was fully embraced by his brother Cornell Capa and his biographer Richard Whelan. However, the tale that Capa recounted to O. D. Gallagher in a small, rundown hotel, later relayed to Phillip Knightley and Jorge Lewinsky, was r