Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting story. It definitely enhanced Che?s reputation to be killed at a young age. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 08 Oct 2017, at 23:52, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > With the fiftieth anniversary of the feted, and fated, revolutionary hero > (and possible mass murderer) Che Guevara being celebrated (or reviled) in > Cuba and elsewhere, I was surprised to see that he had stayed in Kilkee > when his Aeroflot Tupolev had been grounded in Shannon Airport en route to > Moscow for his revolutionary lessons in the early 60s. > > Che Guevara stayed here in Kilkee, Co. Clare. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Kilkee/Kilkee+2017+Che+Wall.jpg.html > > Fuji X100S. See LARGE > > Interestingly enough, an acquaintance of mine Jim Fitzpatrick did a design > featuring a black and white image of Che on a red background which wound > up emblazoned on many a teenager's t-shirt in the late 60s and 70s. The > design was based on Korda's iconic photograph. > > The Irish Post Office has just issued a stamp to commemorate it. > https://www.irishtimes.com/news/consumer/famous-che-guevara-image-features-on-new-an-post-stamp-1.3248276 > > Jim - a fan of the revolution - was working in a summer job behind a bar > in Kilkee when Che and his minders came in. He recognised the stranger as > Che, and they had a chat as you do here in Ireland. After the death of Che > in Bolivia, Jim did the design to remember him. Ironically, Che had Irish > antecedents by the name of Lynch so he was sort of returning home. > > Douglas > who is a running dog of capitalism himself > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information