Overview
Kordaās photographs and breathtaking reminiscences capture some of the 20th-centuryās greatest moments with unprecedented intimacyĀ as no other book ever could or will.
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In the first weeks of 1959, Korda joined the staff of the newly created daily newspaper of Cuba, RevoluciĆ³n. From that moment on, Korda documented the heady early days of revolutionary Cuba. When Fidel Castro visited the United States in April 1959, Korda went with him. When Castro visited the Soviet Union in 1963 and 1964, Korda was there, documenting intimate moments with Soviet leader Nikita Kruschevās family and appearing to show the end of the breach that had followed their countryās divergent policies during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. But probably Kordaās greatest moment came on March 5, 1960, during a funeral ceremony for theĀ victims of the sabotagedĀ French freighter La Coubre, a ship carrying arms purchased by the Cuban military. Fidel knew the attack to be the work of Americaās CIA. And it altered relations between the two countries forever after.
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Korda was less than a dozen steps from the platform where Fidel Castro was addressing the crowd of mourners. There were foreign observers present, including Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Che stepped forward to look over the crowd. Korda shot him through his telephoto lens, even though he was near to him. The result would turn into nothing less than one of the most enduring images of ourĀ age,Ā thoughĀ theĀ picture would notĀ see lightĀ of day for another year. It was first published on April 15, 1961, just before the Bay of Pigs invasion, and would only become well known when Cheās Italian publisher Gianfranco Feltrinelli printed thousands of posters of the image shortly after Cheās death.
This book title, Cuba by Korda (Photographs), ISBN: 9781644212134, by Alberto Korda, published by Seven Stories Press (December 10, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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