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Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, & the Invention of Modern Photojournalism Kindle Edition
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“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t 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 generation's most important struggle—the 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 refugees—people 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 time—and 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 Taro’s riveting, tragic, and ultimately inspiring story.
This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.
- Reading age12 - 18 years
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level8 - 12
- Lexile measure1060L
- PublisherHenry Holt and Co.
- Publication dateMarch 28, 2017
- ISBN-13978-0805098358
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“Eyes of the World captures an extraordinary―and tragic―moment in time. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro were young, idealistic, in love, and two of the best photographers who ever lived. This book does a great service for readers of all ages by evoking that moment telling the story of this couple so well.” ―Adam Hochchild, author of Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
“A fascinating look at the evolution of photojournalism.... Readers not only get a strong sense of who these photographers were as people, they will understand what made their pictures so special. Thoroughly researched and cited, the text offers a unique perspective.” ―Booklist, starred review
“Aronson and Budhos do a phenomenal job bringing the Spanish Civil War to life through the eyes of two young photojournalists.” ―VOYA, starred review
"Captivating, powerful, and thought-provoking." ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Aronson and Budhos...vividly and intimately recount the story of pioneering war photojournalists Robert Capa (1913–1954) and Gerda Taro (1910–1937)." ―Publishers Weekly
About the Author
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.
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- ASIN : B01J1EGYNC
- Publisher : Henry Holt and Co.; Illustrated edition (March 28, 2017)
- Publication date : March 28, 2017
- Language : English
- File size : 213074 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : Not Enabled
- Print length : 305 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 0805098356
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,359,220 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the authors
Marina Budhos is an author of award-winning fiction and nonfiction; her latest novel is We Are All We Have, just published in 2022. She has published the novels Watched, which was a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor and Asian Pacific American Literature Honor; The Long Ride; Tell Us We’re Home, and Essex County YA Big Read; Ask Me No Questions, winner of the James Cook Teen Book Award and New York Public Library Notable and Best Book; The Professor of Light, House of Waiting; and Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers. With her husband Marc Aronson, she has published Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro & The Invention of Modern Photography and Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science, which was an LA Times Book Finalist. Her short stories, articles, essays, and book reviews have appeared in publications such as The Kenyon Review, The Nation, the Daily Beast, the Awl, Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. Budhos has given talks at universities in the U.S. and abroad, has been a Fulbright Scholar to India, and was awarded an NEA Fellowship in Fiction, a Rona Jaffe Award for Women Writers and three Fellowships from the New Jersey State Arts Council. Her website is www.marinabudhos.com.
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* That she and her husband Marc wrote a book out about photography and the Spanish Civil War and you can see many of the photos at a special link: https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/collections/eyes-of-the-world
All of my books start with questions, and I hope they prompt readers to ask questions of their own.
I find history history endlessly fascinating. It is the detective story that yields us as the answer.
I try to write each book with the same care I would put into a novel, but with the same respect for truth as a judge in a court of law.
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I also was a little disappointed that the book had several photos from other photographers. Granted one of the people was their friend that was traveling with them. But that was not mentioned in the title of the book. I thought it was strictly about their lives not other people's as well. Now don't get me wrong I don't mind that there were photos taken by other people of Capa and Taro. It was the photos that had nothing to do with them that I could have done without.
Also I was very disappointed in the format of many of the photos. As you can see with my photos I shared of the book. Many of the photos are are enlarged to cover a little more than one page. Which causes a big portion of the photo to be in the crease. This in my opinion ruins the photos, and the photos were the main reason for my purchase. Also many of the photos are askew, usually being cut off at the edges making a displeasing view of the photos.
Now there are some nice stories within the book, but with the discrepancies I found it makes me wonder if these were mere stories not facts. Also the writer assumes and presumes a lot. In many of the captions the writer says things like Capa was probably thinking this or feeling this. I don't really care what the writer thinks, within a book like this I prefer accuracy and facts not a discussion.
Overall the book is a nice in a introduction to, two of the most influential photographers and photojournalists of all time. Just read it with a little skepticism. One thing I appreciate is how beautiful these photographers eyes are for capturing humanity, the beauty of people, and the lives they lived. They didn't just stick to showing gruesome photos instead they captured the beauty they seen whenever they could. I just wish this book provided photos that were situated on the pages in a proper way.
I only paid $4.99 for a new book. Anything under $10.00 I think would be a decent price. Otherwise I would hold off until a sale.
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2019
I also was a little disappointed that the book had several photos from other photographers. Granted one of the people was their friend that was traveling with them. But that was not mentioned in the title of the book. I thought it was strictly about their lives not other people's as well. Now don't get me wrong I don't mind that there were photos taken by other people of Capa and Taro. It was the photos that had nothing to do with them that I could have done without.
Also I was very disappointed in the format of many of the photos. As you can see with my photos I shared of the book. Many of the photos are are enlarged to cover a little more than one page. Which causes a big portion of the photo to be in the crease. This in my opinion ruins the photos, and the photos were the main reason for my purchase. Also many of the photos are askew, usually being cut off at the edges making a displeasing view of the photos.
Now there are some nice stories within the book, but with the discrepancies I found it makes me wonder if these were mere stories not facts. Also the writer assumes and presumes a lot. In many of the captions the writer says things like Capa was probably thinking this or feeling this. I don't really care what the writer thinks, within a book like this I prefer accuracy and facts not a discussion.
Overall the book is a nice in a introduction to, two of the most influential photographers and photojournalists of all time. Just read it with a little skepticism. One thing I appreciate is how beautiful these photographers eyes are for capturing humanity, the beauty of people, and the lives they lived. They didn't just stick to showing gruesome photos instead they captured the beauty they seen whenever they could. I just wish this book provided photos that were situated on the pages in a proper way.
I only paid $4.99 for a new book. Anything under $10.00 I think would be a decent price. Otherwise I would hold off until a sale.