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Che Guevara features on new €1 stamp issued by An Post
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using an post logic... soon to b followed by William Joyce and Khalid Kelly stamps
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As far as I know Gandhi was pretty racist too. It's pointless to judge old heroes by today's standards.
Anyway I remember first year of college and bumping into one of other first year students in library who told me he is just looking for literature on Che Geuarra. He wanted to find out what he was about because he has this really cool t-shirt with his image. I doubt there is a single document, picture, object or legend responsible for more clueless middle class revolutionaries than that photograph. Che might not deserve a stamp but that photo does.
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An interesting story on how the iconic image came about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrillero_Heroico#Jim_Fitzpatrick"The first image I did of Che was psychedelic, it looks like he is in seaweed. His hair was not hair, it was shapes that I felt gave it an extra dimension. That was the image I produced for the magazine and that was done before he died and that is the important thing about that image. At first it did not print. It was considered far too strong and revolutionary. I was very inspired by Che's trip to Bolivia. He went there with the intent to overthrow the intensely corrupt government, helped by the Americans at the time, and that's where he died. I thought he was one of the greatest men who ever lived and I still do in many ways. And when he was murdered, I decided I wanted to do something about it, so I created the poster. I felt this image had to come out, or he would not be commemorated otherwise, he would go where heroes go, which is usually into anonymity." — Jim Fitzpatrick, 2005To create the image Fitzpatrick made a paper negative on a piece of equipment called a grant. They were then printed in one colour black and one colour red, and he handpainted the star in yellow. Fitzpatrick "wanted the image to breed like rabbits" and hand printed thousands of images to give away to anyone for free in London, in addition to getting friends to pass them out while encouraging others to make their own versions. He printed about a hundred copies at a time to fulfil the demand of political groups in Ireland, France, and the Netherlands who began requesting the image. A batch was also sent to Spain, where they were seized by Franco's police.
Because of Fitzpatrick's desire for the photograph to reflect something of himself, he raised Che's eyes more and added his initial, a reversed "F" on the shoulder. It was not until the 40th anniversary of Che's death that Fitzpatrick admitted to this fact stating "I’m a bit mischievous, so I never told anyone." At this time Fitzpatrick said that "I love the picture and wherever I am in the world, if I see it, I take a photo of it. I always have a chuckle when I see that little 'F'. I know that it's mine." In November 2008, Fitzpatrick announced that he would be signing over the copyright of his Che image to the William Soler Pediatric Cardiology Hospital in Havana, Cuba. In announcing his reason for ensuring all future proceeds would go to the children's hospital, Fitzpatrick stated that "Cuba trains doctors and then sends them around the world … I want their medical system to benefit." Additionally, Fitzpatrick publicised his desire to gift the original artwork to the archive run by Guevara's widow, Aleida March.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/the-irish-artist-who-captured-che-1.576934Now, the artist is fighting to win the copyright he hadn’t wanted more than four decades ago – but it’s actually a little more complicated than that. The drive to gain copyright began in 2004, when Fitzpatrick decided that he wanted to give the royalties from one of the world’s most reproduced images to Cuba. Initially he wanted to donate to their hospitals, but then he realised that Cuban hospitals are so advanced that they could be teaching the Irish a thing or two. But he still wanted to make the gesture, so instead he will give the money to Guevara’s widow, Aleida, and to the Cuban people. “It’s not charity, it’s solidarity,” he says.0 -
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Jaysus yeah! I can think of five people off the top of my head that will likely have a sh1t fit if that's on their Xmas card envelope. I'm buying a few too.I think the stamps are really eyecatching. Brilliant idea from An Post.
Ordered them today, and it's the first time I'm really looking forward to send Christmas cards with a little Che on the envelope ...:D Oh the faces of some recipients ... Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »Lovely. This would be nice framed gift for them too.
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How long have you been out of the country that you think it is their most expensive stamp ever?
More information relating to the image by Alberto Korda and Jim Fitzpatrick. It appears not everyone is aware of the story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrillero_Heroico#Alberto_KordaAs a lifelong communist and supporter of the Cuban Revolution until his death, Alberto Korda claimed no payment for his picture. A modified version of the portrait through the decades was also reproduced on a range of different media, though Korda never asked for royalties. Korda reasoned that Che's image represented his revolutionary ideals, and thus the more his picture spread the greater the chance Che's ideals would spread as well. Korda's refusal to seek royalties for the vast circulation of his photograph "helped it become the ultimate symbol of Marxist revolution and anti-imperialist struggle."
However, Korda did not want commercialisation of the image in relation to products he believed Guevara would not support, especially alcohol. This belief was displayed for the first time in 2000, when in response to Smirnoff using Che's picture in a vodka commercial, Korda claimed his moral rights (a form of copyright law) and sued advertising agency Lowe Lintas and Rex Features, the company that supplied the photograph. Lintas and Rex claimed that the image was in the public domain. The final result was an out of court settlement for USD $50,000 to Korda, which he donated to the Cuban healthcare system, stating "if Che was still alive, he would have done the same."
After the settlement, Korda reiterated that he was not against its propagation altogether, telling reporters:
"As a supporter of the ideals for which Che Guevara died, I am not averse to its reproduction by those who wish to propagate his memory and the cause of social justice throughout the world, but I am categorically against the exploitation of Che's image for the promotion of products such as alcohol, or for any purpose that denigrates the reputation of Che.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ireland-art-che/irish-artist-bids-to-copyright-guevara-image-idUSTRE71G5UG20110217Either way, the families of both Korda and Guevara are united in their wish to frustrate commercial uses of the image that would likely be anathema to the communist revolutionary, Fitzpatrick said.
“I simply want to hand it over and give the family the rights to the image that I created and let them decide what to do with it,” he said.
“I caused the problem and now I am seeking to rectify it.”
Another interesting quote from Che Guevara in his address to the UN in 1964.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Che_Guevara#Address_to_the_United_Nations_.281964.29Those who kill their own children and discriminate daily against them because of the color of their skin; those who let the murderers of blacks remain free, protecting them, and furthermore punishing the black population because they demand their legitimate rights as free men — how can those who do this consider themselves guardians of freedom? The government of the United States is not the champion of freedom, but rather the perpetrator of exploitation and oppression against the peoples of the world and against a large part of its own population.0 -
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