Chris Nicholson's Writing Weblog
February 12, 2008 • Tuesday
Some historic photographic negatives have been found after a long, long time lost. In fact, for years they've been believed destroyed.
The negatives belonged to Robert Capa, considered by many to be the father of war photography as we know it. At the very least, he did more for the genre than anyone since Matthew Brady during the U.S. Civil War.
The missing negatives were found in a suitcase in Mexico. Among the images are some priceless documentations of the Spanish Civil War.
So why am I mentioning the find here? Because among the frames found are photographs of American novelist Ernest Hemingway and Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca.
To learn more, see the New York Times article "The Capa Cache" (what a great headline). (Unfortunately the Times website requires registration to view articles. If you'd rather not bother, see CNN.com's coverage instead: "Lost negatives may shed new light on famed photographer." But the former is a more comprehensive piece.)
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