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The Life of Gerda Taro, the First Female Photojournalist to Be Killed on the Battlefield, Captured in Venice’s ‘The Girl With the Leica’

Gerda Taro was only 26 when she became the first female photojournalist to be killed on the battlefield. It would be decades before her true contribution to the artform was acknowledged. Alina Marazzi’s “The Girl With the Leica,” which opens Venice’s Horizons section, seeks to redress this oversight, and pays tribute to Taro’s vivacious personality. […]

The Life of Gerda Taro, the First Female Photojournalist to Be Killed on the Battlefield, Captured in Venice’s ‘The Girl With the Leica’

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