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Alberto Korda
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Key facts
- Born
- Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez , ( 1928-09-14 ) September 14, 1928, Havana , Republic of Cuba
- Died
- May 25, 2001 (2001-05-25) (aged 72), Paris, France
- Known for
- Photographer of Guerrillero Heroico
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alberto
- Family name
- Díaz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Havana
- Place of death
- 7th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Notable work
- Guerrillero Heroico
- Image
- KordaOfCheWalking.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alberto Korda
- date of birth
- 1928-00-00
- date of death
- 2001-05-25
- second family name in Spanish name
- Gutiérrez
- name in native language
- Alberto Korda
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- birth name
- Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez
- place of burial
- Colón Cemetery, Havana
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Encyclopedic overview
Alberto Korda: Che Guevara, Guerrillero Heroico, March 5, 1960. Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez (September 14, 1928 – May 25, 2001), better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda, was a Cuban photographer, remembered for his famous image Guerrillero Heroico of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alberto Korda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.