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It was 40 years ago this week that Ernesto Che Guevara was executed by the CIA and the Bolivian Army. As a tribute to the man and a protest against his assassination, Jim Fitzpatrick, a young graphic artist from Ireland, produced the ubiquitous high-contrast drawing (above) from a photograph by Alberto Korda. With the intellectual copy rights being waived by both men the image became, in essence, the first piece of viral imagery with the intention of getting “the broadest possible circulation”. And subsequently became an icon of revolutionaries, freedom fighters and Marxist students worldwide.

Oh, and of course Madonna.

Nathan Usmar Lauder
Posted on Thursday, 11th of October 2007 Permalink Comment (3)

Art Guerilla Obituary Photography Viral

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And mall faux-counterculture stores everywhere.

Posted by beth on Thursday, October 2007 at 9:02 PM

Mmm, “the broadest possible circulation” including Nike and Smirnoff ads (although Korda sued Smirnoff and gave his $50K settlement to the Cuban government.)

Posted by James David on Friday, October 2007 at 5:54 AM

Thanks a lot for Ernesto Che Guevara . He is my best…

Posted by Web tasarım on Thursday, July 2008 at 7:47 PM

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