Photojournalism and the Spanish Civil War

hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking
with curator of photography at the
mccord museum and then sauce all about
the connection between the Spanish Civil
War and the evolution of photojournalism
could you give us some background about
the Spanish Civil War the civil war
began in 1936 the Republican Party was
elected shortly after this election
there was a murder of a monarchist this
was the opportunity for the army led by
Franco to make a coup he invaded the
Spain and he surrounded Madrid in 1939
Franco got to Madrid so this was the end
of the war and it was the beginning of
the fascist era what would you say made
the Spanish Civil War a milestone in
photojournalism it was not the first war
to be photographed but it was the first
time that modern conditions were
gathered and these conditions are
illustrated newspaper there was this
small camera like the laker it’s
portable it’s very strong so it enables
the photographer to go everywhere to be
very close to his subject the third
condition was also d existing the
creation of press agency can we see the
effects of the photojournalism of the
era of the Spanish Civil War carrying
over to today’s photojournalism you can
see it as a continually if the Civil War
was kind of a turning point and it was
the time where the model of the photo
reporter was fixed like the figure of
robert capa but i think it’s the same
preoccupation a journalists and when he
was dedicated to inform it’s the same
endeavor thank you very much thank you