On 1 August 1937, thousands of people lined the streets of Paris to mourn the death of photojournalist Gerda Taro (1910–1937): a 26-year-old Jewish émigré from Leipzig, Germany.
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Gerda Taro and Robert Capa in a café in Montparnasse, the Dôme , 1935, by Fred Stein. Photographer. They do not just become lovers, but also work partners. I n a tragically short but prolific life the photojournalist Gerda Taro took some of the most arresting war images ever. Capa wanted to present as an American photojournalist which, so the logic went, would allow them to demand higher prices for pictures. This is pivotal since their names mark them as immigrants and Jews. 17/10/2008 - Gerda Taro was a pioneering and largely unknown female photojournalist whose work consisted almost exclusively of dramatic photographs from the Spanish Civil War. Taro's photo of a wounded Republican soldier. I n a tragically short but prolific life the photojournalist Gerda Taro took some of the most arresting war images ever. The name “Robert Capa” was originally an alias that Taro and Capa (born Endre Friedmann) shared, an invention meant to mitigate the increasing political intolerance in Europe and to attract the lucrative American market. Gerda Taro. The authors recount a terrible time in history, the Spanish Civil War, as captured in the extraordinary work of photojournalists Robert Capa and Gerda Taro.

Images from the first major exhibition of Gerda Taro's work at the International Center for Photography.
There she became the companion of fellow-photographer photographer Robert Capa.

In Paris in 1934, a young and beautiful Jewish émigrée, Gerda Pohorylles, met a Hungarian political exile, André Friedmann. It is Gerda who comes up with the idea of changing their names in order to break into the world of photography. Dramatic story of 1930s pioneer Gerda Taro, the first female photographer to die in battle, brought to life in new book. In 1937 Gerda Taro became the first female war photographer to die on the front line, killed at the age of 26. Dramatic story of 1930s pioneer Gerda Taro, the first female photographer to die in battle, brought to life in new book. Flickr, Ur Cameras. Gerda Taro, the first female photojournalist to cover the front lines of a war, ... Taro at work, beside a Republican soldier, in 1936. Gerda Taro at work. Flickr, Ur Cameras. Taro was the companion and professional partner of photographer Robert Capa.

Both had fled from persecution and were struggling to get work. She was born Gerda Pohorylle in Sttutgart, Germany, of Polish origin. It is Gerda who comes up with the idea of changing their names in order to break into the world of photography. Gerda Taro and Robert Capa in a café in Montparnasse, the Dôme , 1935, by Fred Stein. In 1937 Gerda Taro became the first female war photographer to die on the front line, killed at the age of 26.

A significant amount of what is credited as Robert Capa’s early work was actually made by Taro. Regarded as the first woman photojournalist to work from the frontlines of war, the short life of Gerda Taro has been commemorated in Google's latest Doodle on the 108th anniversary of her birth. Images from the first major exhibition of Gerda Taro's work at the International Center for Photography. Gerda Taro's work paved the way for women war correspondents and photojournalists everywhere. Sadly, she was killed during the Spanish Civil war, while showing the world, war's true horror. Gerda Taro, a German-Hungarian Jew, …

Donne Nella Storia Henri Cartier Bresson Aragona Foto Magnum Immagini Storiche Robert Capa Fotografia Di Strada Fotogiornalismo Budapest. John Martinson. The work of Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, two remarkable photojournalists forever joined creatively and major figures in the history of war photography, is currently on view in separate twin major exhibits at the International Center for Photography in New York from September 26, 2007 through January 6, 2008. An opponent of Fascism from a young age, she moved to Paris in 1933 and began work as a photographer for the magazines Vu and Regards. A significant amount of what is credited as Robert Capa’s early work was actually made by Taro.

A reexamination of the woman who created the legend of Robert Capa, the world'sfirst female photojournalist to die in combat, Gerda Taro. Gerda Taro, the first female photojournalist to cover the front lines of a war, and the first to die doing so, passed away 75 years ago today. This is pivotal since their names mark them as immigrants and Jews. The name changes obscured their European heritage, added ambiguity, cast them as roving citizens. Taro had died in Spain, while covering the Battle of Brunete, during the second year of the Spanish Civil War. Gerda Taro. They do not just become lovers, but also work partners. The early life of Gerda Taro Pohorylle was born on 1 August 1910 in Stuttgart, Germany to Gisela Boral and Heinrich Pohorylle, a middle-class Jewish family that had recently emigrated from East Galicia.