About 120 images recount one of the crucial moments in the history of 20th century photography: the professional and emotional relationship between Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, which was tragically interrupted by the woman’s death in Spain in 1937.
Having fled Nazi Germany, and having emigrated from Hungary, Gerta Pohorylle and Endre - later Frenchified André - Friedmann (these are their real names) met in Paris in 1934 and the following year fell in love, forming an artistic and sentimental partnership that led to their involvement in photography and political struggle.
To try to entice publishers, Gerta invents the character of Robert Capa, a rich and famous American photographer recently arrived on the continent, an alter ego with whom André will identify for the rest of his life. She also changes her name to Gerda Taro.
The decisive year is 1936: in August they travel to Spain to document the civil war; the following month Capa shoots the legendary shot of the Militiaman shot dead, while Gerda Taro takes his most iconic image, a militiawoman in training, pistol pointed and shoes with heels, in an unprecedented view of war made and represented by women.
