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Robert Capa: Heart of Spain: Robert Capa's Photographs of the Spanish Civil War (Hardcover)

by Robert Capa (Author), Juan P. Fusi Aizpúrua (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 202 pages
  • Publisher: Aperture (1 July 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0893818313
  • ISBN-13: 978-0893818319
  • Product Dimensions: 30.2 x 24.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 799,931 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Displays some of Capa's finest work.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Forget caution: genius at work!, 24 Oct 2004
By Budge Burgess (Kilmarnock, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Robert Capa was very much the Hemingway of photography. A playboy, an adventurer, a genius, he took his photography where it mattered. Not for him the safety of the catwalk or lurking around the homes of celebrities. Capa's photography was the photography of relevance, of important issues and real people - he would eventually die, blown up by a mine in Vietnam while trying to get close to the action.

These images of Spain, of struggle, of determination, of common people contesting with history, stand in striking contrast to the images we are routinely pedalled today. In the Gulf War, journalists and photographers were 'embedded' with coalition forces, their images and access to action constrained by the whims of the military. A number of journalists and photographers would die, trying to escape this censorship, trying to get to the real story. Their deaths, like Capa's, are a reminder that photojournalism is a dangerous business, but a vital one in any democracy.

Capa stands as a reminder that it is possible to capture vital images, to electrify the world with a story of history unfolding. He was not beyond elaborating a bit on the truth - his famous shot entitled 'Death of a Republican', was certainly staged - but there is an honesty and immediacy in Capa's pictures which should be inspiration to anyone who has ever picked up a camera. He memorably said, "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough".

In "The Heart of Spain" we have Capa getting close to the action, capturing the emotion and the horror and the humanity of the Spanish Civil War. A stunning collection and an absolute must-have tome for anyone who considers themselves a photographer or a journalist! Images to treasure, images to inspire.

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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Book for any serious collector, 15 Aug 1999
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This is one of the best and most moving combat photo volumnes I have seen. Capa is a genius artist with the camera, compassionate toward humanity and as courageous as any soldier on the field of battle. All these three qualities jump at you with the turn of every page. There is no saftey of the Zoom lens here. The comments from the reviewer of the DC are absurd. This book is about humanity at war. Whether or not the subject matter happens to be from one army or another is least of the concerns. I have seen many fine photos of the German Army in combat and have never viewed them as propaganda nor do I feel any sympathy for their objectives. It is about the essence of capturing a man in his most important minute of his life.
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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary book, deeply moving., 30 Jun 1999
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Magnificent pictures and excellent related texts. Lyrical, yet terribly realistic, view of the Spanish Civil war. Unforgivable portraits of men, women, children who achieve here a kind of eternal life and purpose (you really wonder what happened to each of them and regret you didn't know them personally, and will never do so). Dignity, beauty and love throughout the book. Wish only the accompanying texts, particularly the poems, would also have been provided in their original language, beside their English translations. More powerful, as a Historical document, than any TV footage ever will be. Must read and revisit!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Art in the service of propaganda
The Spanish Civil War has been called the most lied about event of the 20th Century. Capa's photographs are powerful, but just another addition to the long line of western... Read more
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