Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]FWIW, The following link is to the V&A curator's notes on the exhibition and sets out the fascinating history of the original. http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1541_che/files/85/curators_essay.pdf wish I'd have known about the exhibition, it would have been interestiong to see what appears to have been a very well mounted exhibition. Peter Dzwig PS Does anyone have a copy of the Leica poster with Che? Brian Reid wrote: > Ich kann genug lesen deutsch, um diesen Artikel zu verstehen. > > (I can read German well enough to understand that article). > I guess fame is a relative thing. In the interview he points out that > Alberto Korda's picture of Che Guevara is the most widely reproduced > photographic image in the history of photography. > > The Victoria and Albert museum had a spectacular exhibit last year > showing the history of that image and showing a full-frame print of it > so you can see the value of cropping, and other pictures on the roll so > you can see just how decisive that moment was. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Heroico1.jpg > > I'm not sure I can read German well enough to pick up subtle nuances, > but it seems to me that Burri is rather on the defensive about > comparisons between him and Korda. > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >