abstract:The Falling Soldier is a famous photograph taken by Robert Capa, understood to have been taken on September 5, 1936, and long thought to depict the death of a Republican, specifically an Iberian Federation of Libertarian Youth (FIJL) soldier during the Spanish Civil War, who was later identified as the anarchist Federico Borrell García. The full title of the photograph is Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936.
A youngsoldier, with a faceofdeathlypallor, stillstoodfacing thepitonthe spot upon which he had shot, his shako falling backwards off his head, and his fuse dropping on to theground.