this iconic photo of che guevara came to symbolise resistance throughout the 60's and 70's.almost impossibly handsome,very young,and a complete revolutionary,che guevara was the inspiration for millions of communist youths the world over,and spilled over to the west on magazine covers and t-shirts.
the history of the photo:
it was taken by alberto korda,a cuban photographer. It was while on an assignment for Revolucion in 1960 that Mr. Korda took the famous photo of Mr. Guevara at a protest rally after a Belgian freighter carrying arms to Cuba was blown up by counterrevolutionaries while being unloaded in Havana harbour, killing more than 100 dock workers.As he later recalled, it was a damp, cold day.
Using a 90-millimetre lens, he was panning his Leica across the figures on the dais when Mr. Guevara's face jumped into the viewfinder. The look in Che's eyes startled Mr. Korda so much that he instinctively lurched backward,and immediately pressed the button: There appears to be a mystery in those eyes, but in reality it is just blind rage at the deaths of the day before, and the grief for their families.