20 Oct 2008

Frontline Club: Irme Schaber talks about Gerda Taro

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Olivier Laurent

At last week's Photography event at the Frontline Club, Irme Schaber talked about the life and work of Gerda Taro. If you missed the event, here is your chance to watch the entire debate.

Schaber is a writer and lecturer on the history of exile photography, photojournalism and print-media. She is also Taro’s biographer and curator of the current exhibition at the Barbican. Next week, she will present and talk about a wide selection of Taro’s work.

Taro worked alongside Robert Capa, who was her photographic as well as romantic partner and the two collaborated closely. Her photographs were widely reproduced in the French press and incorporated the dynamic camera angles of New Vision photography as well as a physical and emotional closeness to her subject. While covering the crucial battle of Brunete in July 1937, Taro was struck by a tank and killed.

Regularly, the Frontline Club hosts photography talks. BJP and 1854 will be streaming live videos of these talks as they happen.

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Great video blog.

Posted by: Trifter on 20 Oct 2008 at 22:14

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