The Photography of Gerda Taro

Issue #122 – The First Woman War Photographer to be Killed on the Frontline

Gerda Taro on the Cordoba front – Spain. September 1936. Photographed by Robert Capa

Several years ago, I was in New York City when I stumbled across an exhibition of the work of the photojournalist Gerda Taro. At the time, I had no idea who she was, and I didn’t know until recently that she was the first female war photographer killed on the frontline.

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