Alberto Korda

Extremely rare and important original historic photograph taken by famous Cuban Photographer Alberto Korda of Prime Minister Fidel Castro visiting country house of Soviet Premier Khrushchev's family near Moscow. Left to Right 1st row: Emilo A. Navarro Secretary of the National Leadership of the United Party of Socialist Revolution holding Khrushchev’s grandson Nikita, Khrushchev’s wife Nina Khrushcheva, himself, his grandson Nikita Abzhubei, Fidel Castro; 2nd row: Khrushchev s daughters Yelena and Julia, his daughter-in-law Galina his son Sergey Khrushchev and his daughter Rada Abzhubei. lberto Díaz Gutiérrez (1928-2001) better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda, was a Cuban photographer, remembered for his famous image Guerrillero Heroico of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. After the revolution, Korda became Fidel Castro's personal photographer for 10 years, accompanying Castro on trips and in meetings with foreign personalities. During this time he also took pictures of demonstrations, sugar cane harvests and factory scenes. Other less-known Fidel Castro images by Korda include shots of Castro staring warily at a tiger in a New York zoo, playing golf and fishing with Che Guevara, skiing and hunting in Russia, and with Ernest Hemingway. Korda's work also includes pictures of Castro's rebels riding into Havana after their triumph, and one known as The Quixote of the Lamp Post showing a Cuban wearing a straw hat and sitting on a lamp post against a sea of people during a rally. For Castro, Korda was more than an official photographer, a friend or personal photographer. They never discussed salary or title, their relationship wasn't boss and worker. Korda was very relaxed, and interested in everything and everyone. Every photo he took was a symbol of the revolution, instead of a documentary of the events of the revolution.