Unbelievably Potent Photographs of Spain's Civil War

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	• Heart of Spain: Robert Capa's Photographs of the Spanish Civil War Aperture, 1999 - 202 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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All Art is Political

I have never felt compelled to write a review of a book for Amazon. But after purchasing this book and then reading some of the comments of fellow buyers, I was so moved. Perhaps I exaggerate when I suggest that all art is political, but certainly most art created documenting this horrible war had a political bent. Such is the nature of human beings responding to unspeakable horrors. Still today, some people leave flowers on Franco's grave; some spit. But is Orwell's Homage to Catalonia or Picasso's Guernica any less a work of art for its political bent? A rhetorical question, but I think not. Capa was an artist as much as Orwell or Picasso. Regardless of one's perspective between the virtues of Fascism or Totalitarian Communism, what this book so eloquently displays is the horrors of war and its toll on a civilian population. For that reason along, it is worthy of a highest recommendation.

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Incredibly moving pictures

I am neither politically naive and historically ignorant enough . therefore I refused to give any invective to the Franco camp and pay any homage to international volunteers and left camp. However, two reviewers' totally ignorant reviews ,that had nothing to do with the artistic quality of Capa's pictures, simply infuriate me. Can you guys just cool off a bit , rather than showing off your ignorance and lack of logic? In light of propaganda, you overstated the political commitment of Capa , who was clearly symphasized with republican cause ,but never been fanatic. He was not a fanatic like Andre Marti or blatant romantic liar like Marloux. Taking purely objective position , especially in the war like the Spanish civil war is impossible, but Capa actually handled that difficulty decently. What you see from numerous pictures are not fanatical Falange , Calists , and Africanos or martial virility of German soldiers in Legion Condor but tired , haggard, and gaunt working class volunteers and Spanish conscripts and ordinary spanish people during the dreadful war.It's superb photo book with a great historical value.

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This book is exceptional

Is a very interesting book, whith "beautifull" images in a very good print.

Unbelievably Potent Photographs of Spain's Civil War

Capa is considered one of the fathers of modern combat photography. These photographs clearly verify that fact. The modern combat photographers that have come after were all aware of Capa's work and if they didn't overtly copy his style, they certainly used it as a foundation. The potency of these photographs is not so much the action they sometimes capture, but in the faces set in the multitude of back drops of war. The viciousness and tragedy of this conflict hotly radiate out of some of these photographs. Others coolly reflect despair and fear. The book is at the same time a statement about war and a valuable historical document.

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Considered by many to be the greatest war photographer, Robert Capa first gained recognition for images he made during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). This volume is the first to be devoted entirely to these photographs.

In 1936, the rebellion of monarchists and fascists led by General Franco, in alliance with Hitler and Mussolini, mobilized anti-fascists all over the world, among them Robert Capa. During the entire period of the civil war, Capa traveled throughout the Loyalist-held areas of Spain, photographing battles, cities under siege, and the chaos of a modern nation at war with itself.

One series of images documents the heroic Loyalist defense of Madrid; another the mass exodus of Catalonians from Barcelona to the French border. His iconic photograph of a Loyalist militiaman who has just been shot shocked the world with its brutal immediacy. Capa's pictures not only illuminated the strength and courage of the soldiers who carried on against overwhelming odds but also galvanized compassion for the innocent and injured. John Steinbeck praised Capa for his ability to "show the horror of a whole people in the face of a child."

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