I don’t doubt Taro and Capa’s political allegiance to the Republicans.
They first went to Spain in 1936 and their sympathies were with the Republicans (also known as Loyalists) who were defending their newly established (and left-leaning) government from the Fascist militias led by General Franco. Many of the images in this collection are clearly staged and posed: including many famous images by both Capa and Taro from the Spanish civil war. This retrospective provides hundreds of images showing how they worked together or alone and using a variety of cameras and techniques. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro were an amazing couple as well as great photographers. The white blobs in the foreground are snowflakes. It was bitterly cold, but the chance to take this photo made it all worthwhile.
On the way home I was caught in that wonderful (for an expat of 40 years) October snow. We spent the next 90 minutes immersed in some great war reportage and an installation of contemporary photojournalistic and new media commentaries on Afghanistan and Iraq. Helen and I got doused by a storm walking from Moorgate, but once we were inside, the magic of the Barbican Centre took over. I was fortunate enough to enjoy a ‘private viewing’ of the Robert Capa and Gerda Taro exhibition at the Barbican this week.
#The falling man picture sequence update
Update 19 July 2009: Fresh argument erupts
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