I've probably just missed this news, so apologies if it's been posted
before (and perhaps it was "big news" at popular media outlets, and I've
just not been paying attention), but, anyway, I thought you all might be
interested in this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/arts/design/27kenn.html
"The Capa Cache
Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
Thousands of negatives of photographs taken by Robert Capa during
the Spanish Civil War, long thought to be lost forever, have
resurfaced.
TO the small group of photography experts aware of its existence,
it was known simply as “the Mexican suitcase.” And in the pantheon
of lost modern cultural treasures, it was surrounded by the same
mythical aura as Hemingway’s early manuscripts, which vanished
from a train station in 1922.
..."
To give credit where due, I came across it via 'The Online Photographer'
blog:
<http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2008/01/the-capa-cache.html>
Cheers,
Marc
Noosa Heads, Oz
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