Fine Print: Guardia Civil. Deleitosa, Spain, 1951 Portraiture and it was certainly a

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The most searing image was of three members of the Guardia Civil

Fine Print: Guardia Civil. Deleitosa, Spain, 1951 Portraiture and it was certainly aLIFE magazine staff photographer W. Eugene Smith traveled to Spain in 1950 to document repression and poverty under dictator Gen. Francisco Franco. Smith embedded himself in the small town of Deleitosa. The Spanish Village photo essay appeared in the April 9, 1951, issue of LIFE. The most searing image was of three members of the Guardia Civil, who kept the townspeople in line. The caption read: These stern men, enforcers of national law, are Francos