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2 unusual facts about Gerda Taro


Gerda Taro

Both took news photographs, but these were sold as the work of the non-existent American photographer Robert Capa (after Frank Capra), which was a convenient name overcoming the increasing political intolerance prevailing in Europe and belonging in the lucrative American market.

The song Taro, by the British band ∆ (Alt-J), appearing on their 2012 album An Awesome Wave, is about the death of Capa, and consequently his reunion with Gerda Taro.



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