Cuba By Korda

This title includes iconic images from an unsung legend. It is a long-overdue portfolio from the man who took the photograph that was to become one of the most enduring images of the 20th century - Alberto Korda. Alberto Korda should be a household name. His iconic image of Che Guevara staring into the middle distance as though prophesying the future of Cuba has been reproduced on millions of t-shirts and posters around the world. Yet, few people know who he is and still fewer no that he never received a penny for the photograph that should have made him famous. Cuba by Korda gives an overview of Korda’s extraordinary camerawork, from his first shots as a fashion photographer to The Quixote of the Lamp Post - a Cuban peasant sitting on a lamp post above a sea of people during a mass rally. It includes his quirky images of legendary revolutionaries in everyday situations - Fidel Castro warily eyeing a tiger at the Bronx Zoo; Che Guevara playing golf. The proof strip of the roll of film from which the famous shot of Che was taken is also reproduced, including Korda’s photos of Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.