Guerrillero Heroico - Che Guevara at the funeral for the victims of the La Coubre explosion. Date: Photo taken on March 5, 1960, published within Cuba in 1961, internationally in 1967. Photographer: Alberto Diaz Gutierrez (Alberto Korda). Source: Museo Che Guevara, Havana, Cuba. Public Domain.
Guerrillero Heroico - Che Guevara at the funeral for the victims of the La Coubre explosion. Date: Photo taken on March 5, 1960, published within Cuba in 1961, internationally in 1967. Photographer: Alberto Diaz Gutierrez (Alberto Korda). Source: Museo Che Guevara, Havana, Cuba. Public Domain.

Historien bag Alberto Kordas ikoniske billede af Che Guevara, der blev taget i 1960, og siden har fået mytisk status verden over, som symbolet på oprør, og udnyttet kommercielt.

Historien om et foto / History of an image


 

Alberto Korda by Bill Lasarow (ArtScene)

Che Guevara (photo) (Wikipedia.org)

Alberto Korda (Wikipedia.org). Biography with links. On discussion about copyright etc. for the photo, see: GuerrilleroHeroico.jpg on Wikimedia Discussion.

El Guerillero Heroco. By Emilio Brizzi (Om Photography And More, February 5, 2007)

Spaghettis bei Korda. Von Elke Krüger.
Der Fotograf des Jahrhundertfotos von Che Guevara war revolutionär und bonvivant. Erinnerungen an einen Besuch bei Alberto Diaz Gutierrez alias Korda, geboren 1928, gestorben im Mai 2001.

The story about the image of Che Guevara – as told by Alberto “Korda” Gutierrez (1928-2001) in Havana – December ’93.

Che Guevara: an image that keeps the spirit of revolution alive. By Tim Sanders (Socialist Worker, Issue 2005, 17 June 2006). About exibition: Che Guevara: Revolutionary & Icon at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, June 2006-.

Originalfotoet:

Popularized cropped version of Guerrillero Heroico - Che Guevara at the funeral for the victims of the La Coubre explosion. Date: Photo taken on 5 March 1960; published within Cuba in 1961, internationally in 1967. Source: Museo Che Guevara, Havana Cuba. Photo: Alberto Korda. Poblic Domain.
Popularized cropped version of Guerrillero Heroico – Che Guevara at the funeral for the victims of the La Coubre explosion. Date: Photo taken on 5 March 1960; published within Cuba in 1961, internationally in 1967. Source: Museo Che Guevara, Havana Cuba. Photo: Alberto Korda. Poblic Domain.

Se også:

In pictures: Images of Che (BBC News). Ni eksempler på brugen/udnyttelsen af Kordas foto af Che.

Che på Skanderborg: Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara spottet på Skanderborg Festivalen 2005 (Sh Site 16.8.2005; online på Internet Archive). Sune Hundebølls fotos af T-shirt og diverse merchandise med Che.

Se også personlisten Che Guevara (1928-1967)

chekorda.jpg

Book:

Michael Casey: Che’s Afterlife : The Legacy of an Image (Vintage Book,s 2009, 400 p.)
Reviews:

Artiklen Bilden av Che. Af John Berger (ord & bild, 4/1968, side 280-283; fra New Society analyse af Ches udstillede krop efter mordet, sammenlignet med motiver af Rembrandt og Mantegna.
English: Che Guevara: The Moral Factor. By John Berger (October 1967). In: The Moment of Cubism and Other Essays.

Related to the film: El Dia Que Me Quieras (1997)

Leandro Katz’s The Day You’ll Love Me (El Día Que Me Quieras) (30 minutes, 1997)