Famous Picture a Fake ?
Famous Picture a Fake ?
I think it's a fake picture make for propaganda purposes...
What do you think ?
Photo:https://www.pinterest.com/pin/393853929884579241/
What do you think ?
Photo:https://www.pinterest.com/pin/393853929884579241/
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Re: Famous Picture a Fake ?
A flexible rule of thumb is if the photographer is ahead of the troops, it's staged. Not one hundred percent of the time, but reliably so.
Compare this one to Frank Capa's picture of a Spanish soldier getting killed.
http://www.alteredimagesbdc.org/#/capa/
Compare this one to Frank Capa's picture of a Spanish soldier getting killed.
http://www.alteredimagesbdc.org/#/capa/
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Hum ....the Capa's picture has been discovered as a montage, recently.
http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/480628/ ... o/montaje/
http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/480628/ ... o/montaje/
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Re: Famous Picture a Fake ?
Yep, spot on assessment von thoma,
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Re: Famous Picture a Fake ?
That was the thrust of the page I liked.von thoma wrote:Hum ....the Capa's picture has been discovered as a montage, recently.
http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/480628/ ... o/montaje/
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Re: Famous Picture a Fake ?
This one I think is real , WWI.http://mentalfloss.com/article/59985/11 ... orld-war-i
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Re: Famous Picture a Fake ?
If so they're very likely returning from a fight. Otherwise the cameraman is ahead of the attack and standing up.
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Re: Famous Picture a Fake ?
indeed the cameraman was very lucky that bullets ignored him but...
it is a famous picture taken 12 years after from the movie Verdun, visions d'Histoire (1928) by Léon Poirier
so only a reenactment
it is a famous picture taken 12 years after from the movie Verdun, visions d'Histoire (1928) by Léon Poirier
so only a reenactment
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Re: Famous Picture a Fake ?
TY, Loic.
Re: Famous Picture a Fake ?
Most WWI combat action photos are either recreations or taken during training.
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Re: Famous Picture a Fake ?
When they did "All Quiet on the Western Front" they were very proud of the realism of their battle scenes. They had studied US War Department footage and followed it faithfully.
They didn't bother checking or they'd have known that the WD footage was recreated, not original.
They didn't bother checking or they'd have known that the WD footage was recreated, not original.
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The World War I "Picture" is from a post world War I movie "Verdun" with actual War Veterans in the film!
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Thanks for the information!