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Gerda Taro
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German photographer, best known for her reporting on the Spanish Civil War (1910–1937)
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Gerda Taro, born Gerta Pohorylle in Stuttgart in 1910, was a German photojournalist and photographer. She worked in the field of photojournalism starting in 1935 and was employed by Magnum Photos. Taro was a socialist and held citizenship in the Weimar Republic. She spoke German and Spanish. Her unmarried partner was Robert Capa.
Taro died on July 26, 1937, in El Escorial. Her manner of death was accidental, with the cause listed as shooting. She is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery.
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Key facts
- Born
- Gerta Pohorylle , ( 1910-08-01 ) 1 August 1910, Stuttgart , German Empire
- Died
- 26 July 1937 (1937-07-26) (aged 26), Brunete , Madrid , Spanish Republic
- Resting place
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise , Paris , France
- Years active
- 1935-1937
- Employer
- Alliance Photo
- Partner
- Robert Capa (1935–1937)
- Parents
- Heinrich Pohorylle (father) Gisela Boral (mother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerda
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Weimar Republic
- Place of birth
- Stuttgart
- Place of death
- El Escorial
- Occupation
- photographer
- Employer
- Magnum Photos
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Notable work
- Woman training for a Republican militia
- Field of work
- photojournalism
- Movement
- photojournalism
- Conflict
- Spanish Civil War
- Image
- Gerda Taro-Anonymous crop.jpg
- Work location
- Barcelona
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- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
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- Gerda Taro
- unmarried partner
- Robert Capa
- date of birth
- 1910-08-01
- date of death
- 1937-07-26
- Commons Creator page
- Gerda Taro
- manner of death
- accidental death
- birth name
- Gerta Pohorylle
- pseudonym
- Gerda Taro
- cause of death
- shooting
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- uses
- press pass
- P8168
- SDS
- end of work period
- 1937-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Taro was the companion and professional partner of photographer Robert Capa, who, like her, was Jewish. 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. Therefore, a significant amount of what is credited as Robert Capa's early work was actually created by Taro.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gerda Taro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.