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Election 2024: Image World (6a)

Captain Biden and his co-pilot Kamala Harris have given us a veritable “Miracle on the Hudson” — but relocated to the Potomac. Not only did they land the metaphorical plane safely for all aboard but — after a brief layover for maintenance and refueling — they took off again, almost as if nothing had happened. Indeed, as if everything had gone according to plan, with the flight still on time and all the passengers magically upgraded to first-class. […]

Alternate History: Robert Capa on D-Day (54b)

In conjunction with the 80th anniversary of D-Day (and the 10th anniversary of the Capa D-Day project), several prominent U.S. websites published features that referred to our investigation and treated it respectfully, as a reliable source of information and a counterbalance to the prevailing myth. […]

Alternate History: Robert Capa on D-Day (54a)

We can say with confidence that, as of now, anyone doing even cursory research on Capa’s D-Day photos will at least come across reference to our project. And anyone pushing further by seeking additional information will find direct links to the project itself. That in itself bodes well. […]

Alternate History: Robert Capa on D-Day (53c)

This provides further evidence that all the incoming D-Day film from LIFE’s assigned photographers underwent stringent censorship before John Morris ever laid eye on it — the Occam’s-razor explanation for the missing first portion of Capa’s lone 35mm roll of Omaha Beach exposures. […]

Alternate History: Robert Capa on D-Day (53b)

This document proves that John Morris was fully aware of, and an active participant in, that SHAEF/MoI censorship system, which fact he conveniently failed to mention in all of his subsequent accounts of the fictional darkroom disaster that supposedly “ruined” Capa’s D-Day films. […]