" In June 1961, Swiss photographer Luc Chessex emigrated to Cuba to experience the Castro revolution and bear witness to this experience through images. Having left for a year, he ultimately remained in Havana for 14 years before being expelled.
A committed photographer, Chessex did not fall into the trap of making icons, even if the spectacle of the revolution allowed him to take many famous and widely distributed portraits, such as those of Fidel Castro or Che Guevara.
In 1970, he went to Bolivia, where Che was assassinated in 1967. He notes that the effigy of Guevara is omnipresent in Latin American cities and that these images rival Coca-Cola advertising. Two icons then dispute the landscape and Chessex makes it an astonishing subject which gives birth to this book, CCCC. "
Introduction by Daniel GIRARDIN
ISBN | 9782883501041 |
Langue | Anglais |
Langue | Français |
Époque | Années 2000 |
Année de publication | 2014 |
Thème | Photographie |
Sujet | Art et Culture |