Inside The Control Room During A DC Attack

[Elektranaut]

The photo reminds me of the ones Robert Capa took of the troops running through the water towards Omaha Beach on D-Day.The images are blurred but there's a real sense of motion,action and danger,you feel your'e right there running up that hellish beach.

[K-61]

Exactly. Knowing that the photographer is almost as likely to cop a bullet as the soldiers he films adds to the drama of such pics. I still get a chill when I see that picture of the German soldier with his arms spread out to each side as the bullet strikes him; his gun is flying out of his right hand. Another one is the shot of two German soldiers laying down, with one of them about to release a hand grenade. I believe that pic made it onto the cover of a game like Squad Leader or something similar.

Edit: Found 2 Google links to the pics I mention above:

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=h...20&tx=60&ty=77

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=h...w=1916&bih=871

[Kafka BC]

Originally Posted by K-61

... I still get a chill when I see that picture of the German soldier with his arms spread out to each side as the bullet strikes him; his gun is flying out of his right hand. ...

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=h...20&tx=60&ty=77

The one that gets to me is this one by Robert Capa:

Death of a Loyalist militiaman, Córdoba front, Spain, September 5, 1936



Although its authenticity is disputed, it is still a powerful image. And the one that made Capa's reputation when it was posted in Life Magazine in 1937.

“This is not a war,” he used to say, “it is a comic opera with an occasional death.” – George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia

[sharkbit]

Originally Posted by Elektranaut

The photo reminds me of the ones Robert Capa took of the troops running through the water towards Omaha Beach on D-Day.The images are blurred but there's a real sense of motion,action and danger,you feel your'e right there running up that hellish beach.

The real shame is most of the pictures that he took were destroyed in a lab accident back in England. The technician let the emulsion run (some chemicals were too hot IIRC) and the majority of the shots he took were lost forever. Only a handful survived from that day and those were pretty powerful themselves.