The photo strips above were published by LIFE magazine on July 19th, 1944. They are 10/11 of the surfing photos Capa took during WWII at Omaha Beach. Capa risked his life documenting the deadliest war in history and commented “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.” He revolutionized the art of documentary photography by being in the battle and up close to the action. Capa took images of soldiers like him on D Day hiding behind steel barricades in the water in France. It is absolutely horrifying seeing these photos. This shed light for many Americans and people all around the world who weren’t fighting in the war, or didn’t fight at Omaha Beach on D Day. These photos allow us to appreciate our veterans and soldiers more than just words that told stories of war. We are there, living in Capa’s shoes, waist deep in the French waters and bullets swimming past us while we look at these images. Capa risked his life many other times to document war in which we are better able to appreciate those who fought for us. He was documenting the war in Indochina and stepped on a land mine at the age of 40 and he didn’t survive. He was lucky to survive and live through many wars before that and document the thousands of soldiers who were fighting and risking their lives similar to how he was.