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Korda (Alberto, 1928-2001). Fidel Castro and Camilo Cienfuegos entering Havana on 8 January 1959, printed c. 2000, gelatin silver print, embossed photographer's stamp in wide blank margin lower left and signed by Korda in black fibre pen lower right, image size 30.5 x 25 cm, inscribed 'Korda 4/100' inn black felt tip to lower margin verso, sheet size 40 x 30 cm (Qty: 1) A fine photograph of this historic occasion. Korda, who was then not a photojournalist, took the photo to Revolucion, the revolutionary newspaper, who published it. Four months later, Korda was called by the newspaper with an offer to become Castro's personal official photographer, and so his career as the leading Cuban Revolutionary photographer began. Camilo Cienfuegos died in an aeroplane crash later that year.