"Hidden Perspective" is a memoir about World War II: stunningly honest, captivating, and terrifying. While fulfilling assignments for various publications, Capa viewed World War II from different angles: he photographed in England, North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. As soon as they appeared, his images from the front lines quickly made the front pages of all American newspapers. The photographs were so exceptional that official propaganda demanded they be published in all editions without restrictions. As a result, the American agency Capa worked for was forced to dismiss him. This adventurous photographer, who was too good to be employed, continued to be present in the epicenter of military actions almost illegally, producing the best reports from the front.

In describing his wartime life, Capa created a book that can be easily called adventurous. With its number of fortunate coincidences, incredible encounters, colorful characters, and scale of action, it can compete with the best examples of fiction literature. However, Capa was a born documentarian, which inevitably manifested in his literary work.

The climax of the narrative is the account of the Allied landing in Normandy. The tension of the story matches the tension captured in the photographs taken at that time: blurry, slightly out of focus, the images captivate with their realism or, rather, authenticity. They make one shudder at the realization that the photographer himself was there, on that gray morning, in the icy water, facing mortal danger alongside the soldiers he captured, but, unlike dozens of them, survived.

Russian readers will undoubtedly be surprised and shocked: for Capa, during World War II, the most significant events were not those we are accustomed to considering key. There is no mention of Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk, or the capture of Berlin by the Russians. Instead, there is a narrative about the war in Great Britain, Algeria, Italy, and a jubilant ode to the liberation of Paris.

Capa's narrative is, in essence, a masterful journalistic essay, an excellent example of how, in an accessible form, one can convey the horror, grandeur, and significance of historical events on one hand, and use historical material as a basis for analyzing human nature on the other. This text fits into the journalistic canon also because it can rightfully be considered a benchmark of reporting objectivity. By not allowing himself to fall into extremes when describing the horrific and the beautiful, and by photographically conveying facts to the reader, Capa makes the horrific even more terrifying and the beautiful even more splendid.

Capa's objectivity is measured by his honesty towards himself, those around him, and future generations. Robert Capa categorically rejects any hypocrisy and strives to eradicate it from the surrounding reality, ensuring it does not enter his narrative.