Vondelpark, Amsterdam, June 2011
Having
recently been in Samaipata Bolivia (now part of the Che Guevara Trail
— see link below), and that I was re-reading his autobiographical
Motorcycle Diaries, I suppose it was hardly surprising that I began
to notice people wearing t-shirts bearing his image.
Jimi Hendrix
was also well represented, as was James Dean, The Beatles, Marilyn
Monroe, Jim Morrison, and any number of other heroes (not to mention
all the slogans and brands) but Che’s face kept staring out at me,
or rather, staring past me into the distance.
The
image, based on Alberto Korda’s iconic 1960 photograph Guerrillerio
Heroico, has become (arguably) the world’s most famous picture, and
its reproduction a global phenomenon. Victor was my first ‘ask,’
though shortly afterwards I realised that Rory (with Budge the crow
— see A Murder of Guevaras post) had also been wearing a Che
t-shirt, so the theme had already been established.
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