The extraordinary story behind the iconic image of Che Guevara and the photographer who took it

I have recently returned from Cuba where on every street, or hat, t-shirt, flag or poster there was one image. That image was of Che, taken by Alberto Korda a Cuban photographer. This image is perhaps the most reproduced photographic image in the world, I can’t think of another that is so ubiquitous.

The story of this image, when and why it was taken and it’s passage to iconic status is…

Darin Pepple, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Imaging at Panasonic Consumer Electronics Co. sat down with Imaging Resource publisher Dave Etchells, senior editor Shawn Barnett, and features editor Arthur Etchells back in January.

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