Once the era of photography came, it had decidedly distinguished itself from traditional visual media. Around 1910, a photographer in the Mexican Revolution near Cero Moriano took a photo of a man in a short-sleeved shirt standing calmly, stepping on a stone, smoking a cigarette.

As soon as the photography era came, it has decisively distinguished itself from traditional visual media. Photography requires some special attention to its subject content, which can be summarized as a description of the passing time as evidence. In this regard, it inevitably urgently introduces death into the visual realm.

These themes are always in modern photography. Around 1910, a photographer in the Mexican Revolution near Ceromoriano (the front line of Cordoba) took a photo like this:

A man in a short-sleeved shirt stood calmly, stepping on a stone, smoking a cigarette. When he read the title attached to the photo and knew that he was about to be shot, his cold eyes gave him a guerrilla style.

That cigarette was the last cigarette. The broken walls with unimaginable walls were scarred after being repeatedly shot. This photo then gained a strong and vivid effect. It seemed to prove the value of life, even at the last moment of life.

Robert Cappa's photography work "Near Cerro Moriano (Cordoba Front), September 5, 1936"

Let's look at Robert Cappa's famous photography work "Near Cerro Moriano (Cordoba Front), September 5, 1936": This photo shows the moment when a Republican soldier was shot in Spanish Civil War . When his knees were bent and fell backward, he still held the gun in his hand. The image of

is very infectious, and the simple and clean picture enhances the expressiveness. But someone asked questions soon. There seemed to be no fight on the Cordoba front that day, so the photo was probably fake.

Although Republican soldiers must have died every day in the anti-fascist battle, people do not think that this fact can excuse Kapa.

Photography has become the core of modern life, so people can no longer accept this ambiguity. Interestingly, in 1996, someone claimed that a historian had discovered that one of the Republicans did die that day. The martyr's sister is still alive, and she claims that Capa's photo was taken of her brother. After 60 years, who can say that her memory must be accurate?

(Nicolas Mirzov's "Introduction to Visual Culture")