Revolution! Latin American photography - in pictures

[Judi Lynn]

Calle Alameda, Santiago, 1983 Photograph: TPG

From the photos by Alberto Korda that helped canonise Che Guevara to snatched street images of resistance, new show Urban Impulses embraces a turbulent half-century of revolvers and rebellion

Thu 13 Jun 2019 02.00 EDT

Flying low (Volando bajo), Mexico City, 1989

For more than five decades, Latin and South America have been crucibles of struggle. Military dictatorships in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Paraguay sparked mass movements for social reform, in turn crushed by state violence. Urban Impulses charts these seismic changes through the work of 70 photographers, at the Photographers’ Gallery, London, 14 June-6 October
Photograph: Pablo Ortíz Monasterio

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/jun/13/revolution-latin-american-photography-in-pictures

All images at link.

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Alberto Korda's most famous image is the Che Guevara image. He took photos during Cuba's revolution, and the end as they greeted the crowds in Havana.

Here is Alberto Korda holding a print of his most famous photograph:



For more photos by Alberto Korda, scan google's images section at this link:

https://tinyurl.com/4s4yr78x

[Judi Lynn]

1. Found some unusual photos of Raul Castro during the Revolution: