Author: Sarah Ahrens
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Cornell Capa, a Camera, and a Murder: Concerned Photography Meets Objectivity in the Reporting of a Crime
It is not that hard to imagine a photographer at a murder scene taking pictures for a report, especially in modern times when news cycles are exceptionally fast. This process is exactly what Cornell Capa—a photographer for the photography cooperative Magnum—did in 1953 at the scene of the murder of Francis “Red” Kelly, a new…
