The Girl with the Leica: Based on the True Story of the Woman Behind the Name Robert Capa

by Helena Janeczek

Book Overview

WINNER The Strega Prize

Gerda Taro was a German-Jewish war photographer, anti-fascist activist, artist and innovator who, together with her partner, the Hungarian Endre Friedmann, was one half of the alias Robert Capa, widely considered to be the twentieth century's greatest war and political photographer. She was killed while documenting the Spanish Civil War and tragically became the first female photojournalist to be killed on a battlefield...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609455479
• ISBN13: 9781609455477
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.2"