The girl with the Leica
Janeczek, Helena, 1964-2019
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1st August 1937. A parade of red flags marches through Paris. It is the funeral procession for Gerda Taro, the first female photographer to be killed on a battlefield. Robert Capa, who leads the procession, is devastated. They have been happy together: he taught her how to use the Leica before they left together to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Other figures from Gerda's past are in the crowd: Ruth Cerf, her friend from Leipzig, who shared the hardships of their first years in Paris after feeling from Germany; Willy Chardack, who resigned himself to the role of loyal companion after Gerda snubbed him for Georg Kuritzkes, a fighter in the International Brigades. For all of them, Gerda will remain a stronger and more vivid presence than her image of anti-fascist heroine. It is her who binds together a narrative spanning distant times and places, bringing back to life the snapshots of these young people.
Main title:
The girl with the Leica / Helena Janeczek ; translated by Ann Goldstein.
Imprint:
Brentwood : Europa Editions, 2019.Brentwood : Europa Editions, 2019.
Collation:
364 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781787701854 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishItalian
BRN:
2234081