1928-2001 CU, Havana
A.k.a. Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez Alberto Korda
Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda (September 14, 1928 – May 25, 2001) was a Cuban photographer, remembered for his famous image Guerrillero Heroico of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. In 1956 he founded the Havana photography studio Korda Studios with Luis Antonio Peirce Byers. The name of the company came from the famous Hungarian-British film directors Alexander and Zoltan Korda, and both photographers came to be known by the name: Luis was known as Korda the Elder (Luis Korda) and Alberto as Korda the Younger (Alberto Korda). The range of work by the company spanned fashion and traditional advertising shoots, as well as shoots for recording labels, insurance, pharmaceuticals, promotional work for Bacardi and Hatuey, car dealerships etc. Alberto Korda use several times for his work a cuban model Norka Méndez