Posts Tagged ‘Mexico’

The Mexican Suitcase

Photo by Tony Cenicola A long-lost cache of original negatives shot by Robert Capa (as well, possibly, as Gerda Taro and others) recently turned up in Mexico City. According to the Times: The suitcase — actually three flimsy cardboard valises — contained thousands of negatives of pictures that Robert Capa, one of the pioneers of [...]

26th January 2008 | Tags:
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A. J. Liebling, Just Enough

This weekend, I gave a friend Just Enough Liebling, a collection of New Yorker articles by A.J. (Joe) Liebling. In my inscription: From one New Yorker reader to another, a collection of one of its legendary writers. I’ve only read a little bit of Liebling, certainly not enough. For example, there’s the one about how [...]

22nd February 2006 | Tags: , ,
Posted in journalism, politics, success | 2 Comments »