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15 Atl. L.J. 145 (2013)
Che and Korda: A Convoluted and Contentious Cuban Copyright Case

handle is hein.journals/atlanic15 and id is 151 raw text is: CHEAND KORDA: A CONVOLUTED AND CONTENTIOUS CUBAN COPYRIGHT CASE CHE AND KORDA: A CONVOLUTED AND CONTENTIOUS CUBAN COPYRIGHT CASE by Michael E. Jones Before the 1958 Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro, the Cuban born photographer Alberto Korda, born Alberto Diaz Gutierrez, was a well-known commercial artist.1 Korda lived a modern, western lifestyle in the most exclusive neighborhood of Havana.2 He loved exotic cars and photographing beautiful women.3 His personal photographs were likened to those of the acclaimed American photographer Richard Avedon.4 Korda was the fashion photographer for the Havana Weekly.5 In 1959, shortly after the armed forces of Fidel and Raul Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos, and Ernesto Che Guevara successfully forced President Fulgenico Batista into political exile, Korda rejected his old lifestyle, joined the revolution and became a documentary journalist.6 *Professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell 1 Jon Thurber, Alberto Korda: Took Famous Che Picture, L.A. TIMES, May 26, 2001 available at http://www.articles.L.A. Times.com/200 l/May26. 2 _d. 3 -d. 4[d. 5[d. 6 CHRISTOPHER LOVING & JAMIE SARUSKY, CUBA BY KORDA (2006). -145-

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