The Falling Soldier by Robert Capa (1936) Story behind perhaps the most well known war photograph
"No tricks are necessary to take pictures in Spain. You don't have to pose your camera. The pictures are there, and you just take them. The truth is the best, the best propaganda."
Robert Capa, interview with New York World-Telegram, September 2nd 1937
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If you want to find more information here are some sources and interesting pages:
The Falling Soldier,1936 Met Museum
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
The Falling Soldier, TIME 100 Photos
http://100photos.time.com/photos/robe...
Robert Capa and the Spanish Civil War
https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom...
Rare Historical Photos
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/fall...
New light shed on Capa's "Falling Soldier" photo
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-lei...
The Falling Soldier By Robert Capa - Still A Mystery! I ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS #7
• The Falling Soldier By Robert Capa - Still...
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fal...
The Mythical Appeal of Robert Capa’s The Falling Soldier
/ the-mythical-appeal-of-robert-capas-the-fa...
New Doubts Raised Over Famous War Photo
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/ar...
Capa's 'Falling Soldier': The Modest Birth of an Iconic Picture
https://time.com/3638051/capas-fallin...