PARIS — Lost for decades, the work of three revolutionary Jewish photographers has gone on display in Paris, documenting both a breakthrough in war journalism and the mass involvement of Jews in the fight against fascism.
Considered a priceless record of the Spanish civil war, the so-called Mexican Suitcase is composed of three boxes of negatives — a total of 4,500 pictures taken between 1936 and 1939 by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and David “Chim” Seymour.
Seymour captured Spaniards at a political rally in Badajoz in 1936.
(Estate of David Seymour/Magnum Photos)
Given up as lost near the start of WWII, the collection — part of the valuable material Capa was forced to abandon during the Nazi invasion of Paris — resurfaced in Mexico in 1995.......
Seymour captured Spaniards at a political rally in Badajoz in 1936.
(Estate of David Seymour/Magnum Photos)
Given up as lost near the start of WWII, the collection — part of the valuable material Capa was forced to abandon during the Nazi invasion of Paris — resurfaced in Mexico in 1995.......
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