Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism

by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

Book Overview

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough." -Robert Capa

Robert Capa and Gerda Taro were young Jewish refugees, idealistic and in love. As photographers in the 1930s, they set off to capture their generation's most important struggle--the fight against fascism. Among the first to depict modern warfare, Capa, Taro, and their friend Chim took powerful photographs of the Spanish Civil War that went straight from the action...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805098356
• ISBN13: 9780805098358
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary