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Gerta Pohorylle (1 August 1910 – 26 July 1937), known professionally as Gerda Taro, was a German war photographer active during the Spanish Civil War. She is regarded as the first female photojournalist to have died while covering the frontline in a war. [3]
Gerda Taro was born in Stuttgart and educated in Leipzig. She left Germany for Paris in 1933 when Hitler became chancellor, and the next year, met Robert Capa. They became lovers, and as she promoted and captioned Capa's photographs, he taught her photographic technique.
Mar 8, 2019 · 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. Taro had died in Spain, while covering the Battle of Brunete, during the second year of the Spanish Civil War.
Dec 27, 2013 · Gerda Taro spent the last day of her life in the trenches of Brunete, west of Madrid, holed up with Republican fighters. It was a critical moment in the Spanish Civil War - Gen Franco's forces...
Apr 11, 2014 · New book explores Gerda Taro, first female war photographer killed on job. Taro took many images attributed to lover and photographer Robert Capa
German-Jewish photojournalist, the first woman war photographer to die in combat, whose photographs of the Spanish Civil War brought powerful images to the attention of a public unable to fully grasp the growing menace of fascist aggression. Name variations: Gerda Pohorylle; Gerta Taro.
Mar 16, 2017 · See photos taken by Gerda Taro, the first female war photographer to be killed in the line of work. Taro was 26 when she died covering the Spanish Civil War.
Gerda Taro (1910– 1937) was a pioneering photojournalist whose brief career consisted almost exclusively of dramatic photographs from the front lines of the Spanish Civil War. Her photographs were widely reproduced in the French leftist press, and incorporated the dynamic camera angles of New Vision photographyas well as a physical and ...
Sep 26, 2007 · In her brief but dramatic career, Gerda Taro (1910-1937) made some of the most striking photographs to come from the front lines of the Spanish Civil War. The following selections, drawn from ICP's collection, are also included in the first full-scale retrospective.
May 1, 2021 · Creating an American photojournalism icon. Taro was born Gerda Pohorylle. She was arrested in 1933 for passing out anti-Nazi flyers. She left Germany and her family behind, never to see them again.
