Last night we went to the International Center for Photography to hear a talk on Robert Capa. Two interesting things stand out. First has to do with the famous "Falling Soldier" photograph. This was the first time I heard that it wasn't an actual way casualty. Rather a bunch of partisans were having fun and the soldier accidentally got shot. So while the photo itself was real, it wasn't Franco's troops that killed him. Secondly, all this would be just interesting point except that Capa was an active member on the Republican side. So it wasn't a accident that the true nature of the photo didn't come out. This made me wonder how he is any different than Leni Riefenstahl? If we had lost the war, would Triumph of the Will have a place in history like Falling Soldier does now?