Favourite Photogs: Gerda Taro

Gerda Taro was born Gerta Pohorylle to a Jewish-Galician family in Stuttgart. She fled Nazi occupied Germany  for Paris in 1934, where she met Friedmann Endre. He taught her photography and together the two of them invented Robert Capa and Gerda Taro as a ruse to earn more money off their photographs, as Americans were paid more than Europeans for their work.  They were found out, but the two of them kept their altered names, the names they eventually became famous by. 

Favourite Photogs: Larry Towell

My friend Sarah is the one who introduced me to Larry Towell.  I say ‘introduced’ but what I mean is ‘consistently referred to and I really had no choice but to pay attention’.  Which is how favourite photographers should be talked about, in my opinion and part of the reason I started this weekly bit. But, she talked about him and I looked him up and I’m glad that she/I/we did. 

RL Tidbits

Talking to my friend about the Roughriders and Corner Gas and they go:

When sitting down and actually watching them:

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Being in your 20’s is 35%:

and 65%:

and a 100%:

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When someone has a better way to do everything:

Me after they turn away: