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

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Henry Holt
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 294 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: If your pictures arent good enough, you arent 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 generations most important strugglethe 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 to news magazines. They brought a human face to war with their iconic shots of a loving couple resting, a wary orphan, and, always, more and more refugeespeople driven from their homes by bombs, guns, and planes. Today, our screens are flooded with images from around the world. But Capa and Taro were pioneers, bringing home the crises and dramas of their timeand helping give birth to the idea of bearing witness through technology. With a cast of characters ranging from Langston Hughes and George Orwell to Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway, and packed with dramatic photos, posters, and cinematic magazine layouts, here is Capa and Taros riveting, tragic, and ultimately inspiring story.

ISBN: 9780805098358