CUBA: EXHIBITION OPENS FEATURING LIFE AND WORK OF KORDA KNOWN FOR HIS FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHE GUEVARA

Record ID: 861042

  • Title: CUBA: EXHIBITION OPENS FEATURING LIFE AND WORK OF KORDA KNOWN FOR HIS FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHE GUEVARA
  • Date: 25th September 2003
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DAUGHTER OF THE LATE PHOTOGRAPHER KORDA, DIANA DIAZ, SAYING "It's not about remembering him as, 'Poor him, he died.' No, it's about remembering him because he lived a very useful life and he continues to live in us, through his photographs and through all the people who feel sensitized because of his work." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ORGANIZER OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION, LESVIA VEN DUMUIN, SAYING: "It shows how we feel proud of celebrating the 75th anniversary of Alberto Korda's birth."
  • Embargoed: 10th October 2003 13:00
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  • Location: HAVANA, CUBA
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  • Country: Cuba
  • Topics: Arts,Quirky,Politics,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA5XMRTWCGGWTL7FV3K7YISC3M3
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  • Story Text: An exposition opens in Cuba featuring the life and work of "Korda," known for his famous photograph of Che Guevara.
    A photographic exhibit opened in Havana, exploring the life and work of the celebrated artist Alberto 'Korda' Diaz, best-known for his famous photograph of Che Guevara.
    The image, credited with being the most often reproduced image of the leftist icon, was reproduced on posters and shirts throughout the world, and became a political and social symbol of revolution, particularly after Che's 1967 death.
    The exhibit was set to coincide with the seventy-fifth birthday of the Cuban photographer, who snapped the photograph in May of 1960 while covering a high-level memorial service attended by Cuban president Fidel Castro and Che.
    It opens with a picture, snapped by a French friend and colleague Juan Gallego, of Korda wearing a T-shirt bearing the famous image.
    With 300 works by over 40 artists, the exhibition called "Thanks to Life," documents the life of the former official Castro photographer, who died in France in 2001.
    "It's not about remembering him as, 'Poor him, he died," said his daughter and exhibit organizer Diana Diaz.
    "No, it's about remembering him because he lived a very useful life and he continues to live in us, through his photographs and through all the people who feel sensitized because of his work."
    Korda, who was a staunch socialist, was proud that his image had come to represent the ideals of one of his heroes and was used as a funerary drape for el Che.
    "When I saw that my image covered the place where his (Che's) remains were laid to rest," Korda said. "I felt great emotion and had tears in my eyes."
    The exhibit runs through November at Havana's House of the Americas.
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