Cuban art a photograph of Ché Guevara taken by Alberto Korda (b. Havana, 1928 – d. Paris, 2001). The candid shot of a moody, exhausted Guevara, taken in March, 1960 at a memorial service for victims of an ammunition ship explosion in Havana Harbor, became one of the world's most iconic images. It was eventually altered and adapted for everything from gum wrappers to a 90 ft. tall commemorative iron sculpture in Havana's Plaza de la Revolución. Korda was a popular fashion photographer who became a devoted revolutionary and close companion of Fidel Castro, taking thousands of shots of Castro's travels and
Alexander Korda advent of World War Two saw Korda make more propaganda films. They included "Q Planes" (1939) with Olivier and "The Lion Has Wings" (1939). Korda had a massive hit with another Imperial adventure directed by Zoltan, "The Four Feathers" (1939). By 1939, Michael Powell had been hired as a contract director by Korda on the strength of "The Edge of the World". Korda set him to work on some projects such as "Burmese Silver" that were subsequently cancelled. Nonetheless, Powell was brought in to save a film that was being made as a vehicle for two of Korda's star players,