comparision of Robert Capa and Tony Vaccaro

When World War II began, Robert Capa and Tony Vaccaro were, surprisingly in the same city of New York. However Robert Capa photographed (at first) for Collier's Weekly alongside allied troops, where as Tony Vaccaro was drafted as a scout giving him ample opportunity to photograph.

Robert Capa was well prepared for photography with two contax II cameras and plenty of spare film where as Tony Vaccaro had only a cheap Argus C-3 and had to acquire film in the field and develop the photos there.

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Henri Cartier Bresson

Henri Cartier Bresson is famous for influencing and completely revolutionising the way in which photography is shot thanks to his use of 'the decisive moment.' the moment in which the photographer has only a split second to capture the event at hand. This is represented most by his war photos in which of course, anything could happen in a few seconds.

Using the (at the time) relatively new (and expensive) Leica III, he was able to pull off shots such as this one.

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He had many beliefs about photography (for example, not using a flash as it was 'impollite') and mainly shot using a camera wrapped in black tape, allowing him to photograph in peace. An act that due to privacy laws, would most likely not be allowed today.



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