B&W photos by David Seymour/Magnum; Color photo by Tony Cenicola/The New York TimesOne of the most wonderful stories from the history of photography is the rediscovery of the Robert Capa/Gerda Taro/David Seymour negatives. The neg strips, rolled up and stored in three cardboard boxes, are thought to have been given by Capa to his darkroom manager for safekeeping when Capa fled Paris for New York in 1939. They ended up in Mexico. Their existence was revealed in 2007 and finally given to the International Center of Photography (founded by Capa's brother, Cornell.)
The latest episode of this story was reported in today's New York Times. It's an interesting article. And the slideshow is good too.
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