Alberto Díaz Korda
1959, 26 July (taken) 2000 (ca, print)
The entrance of Fidel Castro and Camilo Cienfuegos in Havana

Gelatin silver print
24 x 17 cm
 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Auction Sale: June 17, 2010 - Lot: 718
 
An aerial view showing revolutionaries on horses with raised rifles, smiles and straw hats, embossed stamp and Korda's ink signature to lower margin.
 
On July 26, 1959, the anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and a new national holiday, Fidel invited guajiros from all over the islands to Havana. They arrived in their thousands with palm leaves in their hats and machetes in their belts. Camilo Cienfuegos, the Rebel Army's Chief of Staff, rode at the head of the horsemen. With his easy smile and looking like Jesus out for a good time, he became the darling of Havana's women, (Cuba by Korda, 2006).
 
LL/37888