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PHOTOGRAPHERS Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and Chim



Robert Capa and Gerda Taro: love in a time of war

–Capa and Taro lived, loved and died on the frontline, becoming the most famous war photographers of their time. As a new novel about them is published, we explore their real relationship


Sean O’Hagan, The Observer, Sunday 13 May 2012


Other :


Lost Luggage [The Mexican Suitcase] – Adam Marelli


Leading Photographers: Gerda Taro – Amber King


Portrait of Gerda Taro


Gerda Taro in Weimar blog


Gerda Taro in blog En El Camino [On the Road]


Lost photographs brought to light by Olivier Laurent in British Journal of Photography


The Mexican Suitcase = a film by Trisha Ziff [promotion] [see details in story tab]


The Mexican Suitcase – International centre of Photography [ Gallery of photographs by Capa, Taro and Chim]



May 16, 2012 Posted by | David Seymour [Chim], Gerda Taro, photography, Robert Capa | , , | Leave a comment