Traveling Exhibition
Gerda Taro, Battle of Brunete, July 1937. © International Center of Photography. International Center of Photography
Gerda Taro [Two Republican soldiers with a soldier on a stretcher, Navacerrada Pass, Segovia front, Spain], late May–early June 1937. © International Center of Photography. International Center of Photography
Photographer unknown, Portrait of Gerda Taro, Guadalajara front, July 1937. © International Center of Photography. International Center of Photography
Fred Stein, Gerda Taro and Robert Capa, Paris, 1936. © Fred Stein. International Center of Photography
Gerda Taro, [Militiawoman training on the beach outside Barcelona], August 1936, International Center of Photography, Gift of Cornell Capa. © International Center of Photography. International Center of Photography
Gerda Taro
Gerda Taro (1910–1937) was a pioneering photojournalist whose brief career consisted almost exclusively of dramatic photographs from the front lines of the Spanish Civil War. Her photographs were widely reproduced in the French leftist press, and incorporated the dynamic camera angles of New Vision photography as well as a physical and emotional closeness to her subject. Taro worked alongside Robert Capa, who was her photographic as well as romantic partner, and the two collaborated closely. While covering the crucial battle of Brunete in July 1937, Taro was struck by a tank and killed. Taro's photographs are a striking but little-known record of this important moment in the history of war photography. ICP now holds what is by far the world's largest collection of her work, including approximately 200 prints as well as original negatives. This exhibition includes vintage and modern prints, and magazine layouts using Taro's images. The exhibition is accompanied by a 184-page ICP/Steidl catalogue, the first major collected document of Gerda Taro's photographs ever published.
Approximate running feet: 150
Content: 83 framed photographs, 11 magazines
For information about this traveling exhibition, please contact travelingexhibitions@icp.org or 212.857.9738.
Tour Venues
Barbican Art Gallery | London, UK | October 9, 2008–January 25, 2009
FORMA | Milan, Italy | March 28–June 21, 2009
Museu Nacional D'Art de Catalunya | Barcelona, Spain | July 6–September 27, 2009
Nederlands Fotomuseum | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | October 10, 2009–January 10, 2010
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart | Stuttgart, Germany | January 30–May 16, 2010
Círculo de Bellas Artes of Madrid | Madrid, Spain | July 14–September 5, 2010
Hospedería Fonseca, University of Salamanca | Salamanca, Spain | January 26–April 3, 2011