“The Mexican Suitcase: Rediscovered Spanish Civil War Negatives by Capa, Chim, and Taro” is an exhibition that brings to Brazil the legendary negatives of the three main photographers of the Spanhish Civil War: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro e Chim.

In late December 2007, three small cardboard boxes arrived at the   International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, coming from Mexico City after a long and misterious trip. These tattered boxes (then called mexican suitcases) contained 125 rolls of film (4.500 negatives.
 
Together, these rolls constitue not only an invaluable record of photographic innovation and war photographie, but also the great political struggle that determinate the course of Spanish history and, in retrospect, of the global expansion of fascism in that period.
 
Preserved, stored and made acessible trought the International Center of Photography, the collection went in circulation in 2011 trought exhibition “The Mexican Suitcase”, presenting 70 photographs, 100 contact sheets, 60 megazines and 2 videos to the audience.