Eyes of the World Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism
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New York City
New York Times
News Chronicle
Nin, Andrés
Nineteen Nineteen (Dos Passos)
Nonaggression pact
Non-Intervention Committee
Normandy. See D-Day
Nuremberg rally
O
Olympics (1936)
Omaha Beach. See D-Day
Orkin, Ruth
Orwell, George
in POUM
on Spanish Civil War
Overseas Press Club of America
P
Paris, France
Capa and Taro in
in the Depression
Friedmann, André, in
liberation of
Pohorylle in
Popular Front in
refugees in
Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (POUM)
in Barcelona
communism and
Orwell in
Paz, Octavio
Pearl Harbor
People’s Olympics
Père Lachaise Cemetery
photographic news magazines
photography
avant-garde
Capa style of
constructivism
ICP for
modernization of
surrealism
photojournalists
Capa as
Chim as
Magnum for
modernization for
in Spanish Civil War
Taro as
Picasso, Pablo
Picture Post
Place de la République
Pohorylle, Gerta.
See also Taro, Gerda
Friedmann, André, with
name change by
in Paris
for Socialist Worker’s Party
by Stein, Fred
Poland
Poliorama
political rallies
Popular Front.
See also Spanish Republic
antifascism by
for Bastille Day
by Capa
by Chim
communism and
in Paris
salute for
Portugal
POUM. See Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista
Prado Museum
Pravda
Press passes
Propaganda
Q
Quijorna, Spain
R
La Rambla
rebels, Spanish.
See also Franco, Francisco; Spanish Civil War
in Alcázar
in Brunete
in Canary Islands
at Civil War end
Hitler support for
Madrid siege by
Málaga assault by
in Segovia
in Spanish countryside
Reflex-Korelle
refugees.
See also immigrants
in Barcelona
Capa as
France for
Friedmann, André, as
in Paris
in Spanish Civil War
Taro as
Regards
Capa for
Chim for
Taro for
Regler, Gustav
on Capa
Capa with
Renault strike
Riley, Huston
Robert Capa Gold Medal Award
Robeson, Paul
Robles, José
Rodger, George
Rolleiflex
Rommel, Erwin (Field Marshall)
Roosevelt, Franklin (President)
Russia
S
Sacré Coeur basilica
Salazar, António de Oliveira (Prime Minister)
Samuel Chase, USS
Schaber, Irme
Segovia, Spain
Selassie, Haile (Emperor of Ethiopia)
Seville, Spain
socialism
antifascism in
German socialist party
“Internationale” for
political analysis of
Popular Front with
in Spanish Civil War
Socialist Worker’s Party
Soviet Pavilion
Soviet Union.
See also Stalin, Joseph
Barcelona compared to
Communist Party for
Gide against
gold shelter by
nonaggression pact by
for Popular Front
POUM and
purge in
in Spain
Spain. See also Spanish Republic
history of
Spanish Civil War.
See also Barcelona, Spain; Franco, Francisco; loyalists, for Spain; Madrid, Spain; rebels, Spanish
in Alcázar
in Aragon
in Basque area
battle of Ebro in
in Brunete
in Catalonia
communism in
in Córdoba
end of
The Falling Soldier in
feminism in
gold in
leftism in
Madrileños in
Orwell on
refugees in
Soviet Union in
Syria War compared to
time line for
in Toledo
The Spanish Earth (Hemingway)
Spanish Pavilion
Spanish Republic.
See also loyalists, for Spain; Spanish Civil War
African Americans for
in Alcázar
and Catholic Church
in Córdoba
fifth column against
Mexico for
Morocco and
Non-Intervention Committee and
photojournalists in
propaganda in
as proxy war
refugees and
soldiers for
Soviet Union in
Stalin support for
stamp for
in Valencia
violence before
Spanish revolution. See Spanish Civil War
Speer, Albert
Spender, Stephen
Stalin, Joseph (General Secretary).
See also Soviet Union communism and
against constructivism
Gide against
Hitler and
nonaggression pact by
opposition to
POUM and
rise of
Soviet purge by
Spain pressure by
for Spanish Republic
time line for
stamp, for Capa and Taro
Stein, Fred
Pohorylle and
Stein, Liselotte
Steinbeck, John
The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)
surrealism
Syrian Civil War
Szurek, Aleksander
Szymin, David. See Chim
T
Taro, Gerda.
See also Madrid, Spain; Spanish Civil War
Allan with
Arganda Bridge by
in Brunete
by Capa
Capa by
Capa compared to
as Capa copain
Capa dating with
cartoon of
Ce Soir and
children by
contact notebooks by
in Córdoba
in Death in the Making
death of
family by
farmer by
as feminist
“general mobilization” by
for German socialist party
Hemingway and
at Hotel de Blois
at Hotel Florida
at International Congress of Writers in Defense of Culture
in Italy
Jarama front by
Leica and
Lukác funeral by
at Ma
drid ruins
at May Day (1936)
at Navacerrada pass
New People’s Army and
origin story of
in Paris
as photojournalist
as pioneer
press pass for
as propagandist
with Reflex-Korelle
as refugee
refugees by
for Regards
Schaber on
in Spanish pavilion
Spanish revolution and
stamp, professional for
in University City
in Valencia
with Vogel
for Vu
Tarragona
Tarver, Benjamin
Telefónica
Teruel, Spain
Time
Time Inc.
time line
Time-Life
Toledo, Spain
To-morrow
Trotsky, Leon
U
United Nations
United States
University City
USSR. See Soviet Union
V
Valencia, Spain
Vandivert, Bill
Vietminh
Vietnam
Villa Engracia
Villanueva de la Cañada
Vogel, Lucien
Vogue
The Volunteer
volunteers
for Abraham Lincoln Brigade
for International Brigade
for International Column
Vu
anti-Nazism by
for feminism
Liberman for
Mussolini cover of
Nuremberg rally in
Spanish loyalists in
Vogel for
W
Wallis, Brian
Walter (General)
Washington, D.C.
Weisz, Cziki
Whelan, Richard
White, David McKelvy
Wolff, Milt
World War I (WWI)
World War II (WWII). See also D-Day
Z
Ziff, Trisha
About the Authors
Marc Aronson is an author, editor, publisher, speaker, historian, and book producer. Marc’s mission is to inspire young people to ask questions, to look around, behind, and inside of the stories the world tells us. He writes a monthly column for School Library Journal on nonfiction for younger readers, and frequently speaks about boys and reading. Marc was awarded the Robert F. Sibert Award for the best in children’s nonfiction for Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado, and his books have been selected as a New York Times Notable Book and a School Library Journal best book. In 2006, he was given the ALAN Award by NCTE for service to teenagers, and was named the local spokesman for the History Channel’s Save Our History program. He lives with his wife and two sons in Maplewood, New Jersey. You can sign up for author updates here.
Marina Budhos writes fiction and nonfiction for adults and teenagers, including the recently published Watched. She has co-written two books, Sugar Changed the World and Eyes of the World, with her husband, Marc Aronson. She is a professor of English at William Paterson University and lives with her two sons in Maplewood, NJ. You can sign up for author updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
PROLOGUE: BOB’S STORY
CHAPTER ONE: THE ASSIGNMENT
CHAPTER TWO: COMPLETELY IN LOVE
CHAPTER THREE: A STORY IN PICTURES
CHAPTER FOUR: FIRST STOP: REVOLUTION
CHAPTER FIVE: INTERLUDE: “THE ARTIST MUST TAKE SIDES”
CHAPTER SIX: THE SIEGE OF MADRID
CHAPTER SEVEN: INTERLUDE: ACTION ON THE PAGE
CHAPTER EIGHT: TOGETHER IN RUINS
CHAPTER NINE: GERDA ALONE
CHAPTER TEN: FRACTURES
CHAPTER ELEVEN: COURAGE
CHAPTER TWELVE: COMRADES IN THE FOREST
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: TALKING AND DANCING
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ONE MORE DAY, ONE MORE SHOT
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: A MARTYR IS BORN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: FLIGHT
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: “THE MOST IMPORTANT STORY OF THE CENTURY”
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: WHAT REMAINS?
CHAPTER NINETEEN: TO SEE
APPENDIX A: THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE FALLING SOLIDER
APPENDIX B: THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE DEATH OF OLIVER LAW
APPENDIX C: THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
CAST OF CHARACTERS
TIME LINE
HOW WE CAME TO WRITE THIS BOOK
COLLABORATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SOURCES
IMAGE CREDITS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WEB RESOURCES
INDEX
About the Authors
Copyright
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Copyright © 2017 by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos.
Lines from Federico García Lorca’s “Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías,” here: Federico García Lorca,
translated by Stephen Spender & J. L. Gili, from The Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca, copyright © 1955 by
New Directions Publishing Corp. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.
Lines from W. H. Auden’s “Spain 1937,” here: copyright © 1940 and copyright renewed 1968 by W. H. Auden;
from Selected Poems by W. H. Auden, edited by Edward Mendelson. Used by permission of Vintage Books,
an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Lines from Pablo Neruda’s “Madrid,” here: Pablo Neruda, translated by Donald D. Walsh, from Residence on Earth,
copyright © 1973 by Pablo Neruda and Donald D. Walsh. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Aronson, Marc, author. | Budhos, Marina Tamar, author.
Title: Eyes of the world : Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the invention of
modern photojournalism / Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos.
Description: New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2017]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016020545 (print) | LCCN 2016033064 (ebook)
ISBN 978-1-250-10967-5 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Photojournalists—Europe—Biography. | Capa, Robert, 1913–1954. | Taro, Gerda,
1910–1937. | Spain—History—Civil War, 1936–1939—Biography. | Spain—History—Civil War,
1936–1939—Photography. | Photojournalism. | War photographers—Europe—Biography.
Classification: LCC TR139 .A76 2017 (print) | LCC TR139 (ebook) | DDC 770—dc23
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