![Gerda Taro believed photographs could change the world. In the mid-1930s, she served as a midwife of sorts, helping birth the powerful force of modern photo journalism. - MARY CRONK FARRELL AUTHOR Gerda Taro believed photographs could change the world. In the mid-1930s, she served as a midwife of sorts, helping birth the powerful force of modern photo journalism. - MARY CRONK FARRELL AUTHOR](http://www.marycronkfarrell.net/uploads/4/9/9/1/4991960/published/taro-gerda-t-2007-31-418645-displaysize.jpg?1619401168)
Gerda Taro believed photographs could change the world. In the mid-1930s, she served as a midwife of sorts, helping birth the powerful force of modern photo journalism. - MARY CRONK FARRELL AUTHOR
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Setanta Books on Twitter: "Celebrating Gerda Taro's birthday today. First woman photojournalist to die covering the war from the front lines. #photography https://t.co/wdjPULxEWV" / Twitter
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