Gerda Taro
Photographer, Visual Artist
1910 – 1937
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Who was Gerda Taro?
Gerda Taro was a war photographer, and the companion and professional partner of photographer Robert Capa. Taro is regarded as the first female photojournalist to cover the front lines of a war and to die while doing so.
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- Born
- Aug 1, 1910
Stuttgart - Also known as
- Gerta Taro
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 26, 1937
El Escorial - Resting place
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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