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The most iconic photo of the Spanish Civil War — and maybe of all war — is Robert Capa’s photo of a Republican soldier the moment he is shot and killed, death in action.
The soldier is thought to Frederico Borrell Garcia, an Anarchist from Valencia. He was killed in action around Cordoba on September 5, 1936, when Capa took the photo. Here are two photos of Borrell Garcia.
In the book “Heart of Spain,” Richard Whelan said that
The photograph has not been free of controversy and some believe it may have been staged but there is no definitive proof that it was staged so I’ve always considered it genuine.
I’ve always admired this photo for the reasons set forth above and because it shows death in action, the moment someone is killed. In early January 2020 I asked Attica Miniatures to design a figure based on the photo. Finally, after a lot of work — and real life intervening in the form of the pandemic — here are the results, with which I’m quite happy, to say the least. They have done a fantastic job.
First, a photo of the dying soldier in color, and secondly, photos of the figure.
The soldier is thought to Frederico Borrell Garcia, an Anarchist from Valencia. He was killed in action around Cordoba on September 5, 1936, when Capa took the photo. Here are two photos of Borrell Garcia.
In the book “Heart of Spain,” Richard Whelan said that
The photograph is an overwhelmingly powerful statement of the human existential dilemma, as the solitary man is struck down by an unseen enemy, as if by Fate itself..the photograph is a haunting symbol of all Republican soldiers who died in the war, and of Republican Spain itself, flinging itself bravely forward and being struck down.
The photograph has not been free of controversy and some believe it may have been staged but there is no definitive proof that it was staged so I’ve always considered it genuine.
I’ve always admired this photo for the reasons set forth above and because it shows death in action, the moment someone is killed. In early January 2020 I asked Attica Miniatures to design a figure based on the photo. Finally, after a lot of work — and real life intervening in the form of the pandemic — here are the results, with which I’m quite happy, to say the least. They have done a fantastic job.
First, a photo of the dying soldier in color, and secondly, photos of the figure.
