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A FAMOUS STRANGER - Alberto Korda
Alberto Korda, born Alberto Diaz Gutierrez, is one of the undisputed masters of Cuban revolutionary photography. His portraits of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro inspired entire generations throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Alberto Korda’s most famous photograph is, of course, *Guerrillero Heroico* (The Heroic Guerrilla), the definitive portrait of Ernesto Che Guevara dating from 1960. It is the most reproduced image in the history of photography. Alberto Korda. A Famous Unknown traces the entire life and extraordinary photographic career of Alberto Korda. For the first time, all periods of Korda’s work are brought together in a single volume: the advertising campaigns and fashion photos of the 1950s, the images of the Cuban Revolution, Cuban leaders, and the Cuban people from 1959 to 1968, as well as the underwater shots from the 1970s.
Published by STEIDL, 2008
35 cm 25.2 cm, 440 pages, like new
ISBN
Alberto Korda, born Alberto Diaz Gutierrez, is one of the undisputed masters of Cuban revolutionary photography. His portraits of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro inspired entire generations throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Alberto Korda’s most famous photograph is, of course, *Guerrillero Heroico* (The Heroic Guerrilla), the definitive portrait of Ernesto Che Guevara dating from 1960. It is the most reproduced image in the history of photography. Alberto Korda. A Famous Unknown traces the entire life and extraordinary photographic career of Alberto Korda. For the first time, all periods of Korda’s work are brought together in a single volume: the advertising campaigns and fashion photos of the 1950s, the images of the Cuban Revolution, Cuban leaders, and the Cuban people from 1959 to 1968, as well as the underwater shots from the 1970s.
Published by STEIDL, 2008
35 cm 25.2 cm, 440 pages, like new
ISBN