Gerda Taro
photographer
Gerda Taro (born Gerta Pohorylle) was a pioneering German war photographer who documented the Spanish Civil War with dramatic intensity and artistic vision. Born into a Jewish family in Stuttgart, she moved to Leipzig and later to Paris, where she became a close companion and contemporary of the renowned photographer Robert Capa. Taro was a key figure in the revolutionary photography movement, often placing herself in extreme danger to capture the front lines of the conflict. She became the first female photojournalist to die in the line of duty in 1937. Her work is celebrated for its raw emotional impact and historical significance.[1,2,3]
Themes
- War photography
- Spanish Civil War
- Revolutionary art
Books
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GERTA TARO: FOTOREPORTERIN IM SPANISCHEN BURGERKRIEG -- EINE BIOGRAFIEphotographer
Works by Gerda Taro
- Últimas miradas (Gerda Taro) 1990 · Unknown · book · Spanish Collection of her photographs from the Spanish Civil War.
Works about Gerda Taro
- Gerda Taro: Fotoreporterin im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg. Eine Biografie Irme Schaber 1994 · Jonas Verlag · book · German ISBN 3894451750 The primary biography of Gerda Taro.
- Gerda Taro: With Robert Capa as Photojournalist in the Spanish Civil War Irme Schaber 2013 · Steidl · book · English ISBN 9783869050133 English edition of the biography.
Exhibitions
- 2007 Gerda Taro: Archive Unknown, Unknown solo
- 2016 Gerda Taro: War in Focus MutualArt, Unknown solo