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Which iconic war photograph, credited to Robert Capa, is widely debated as possibly being the work of his partner Gerda Taro?
Answer
The Falling Soldier
The 1936 photograph 'The Falling Soldier,' showing a Spanish militiaman at the instant of death, was published under Robert Capa's name, though historians have long debated whether Gerda Taro actually took it.
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Robert Capa's most famous war photograph may have been taken by his lover Gerda Taro, but he received all the credit.
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Topics
- photography
- war-photography
- 20th-century
- spanish-civil-war
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