Ernesto Che Guevara belongs only to himself. Fifty years after his execution in the mountains of Bolivia, Che seems to send us a final conspiratorial wink that incites rebellion. The most famous guerrilla of the 20th century showcases his own grand path of nonconformity to new generations.
Beyond acts of political upheaval, which had a significant influence in the 1960s, it is primarily his persona—this familiar yet unknown image—that conveys a sentiment against the system and a model of incorruptible behavior towards authority.
The book Che, Images of a Life transcends the boundaries of biography and simple photo albums. Through four hundred photographs, many of which are unpublished, it chooses to propose a journey that combines and intertwines images and narrative, voices and visions, as if in a screenplay. Therefore, it is a film-book in which, half a century after his death, Che Guevara again takes center stage.
Che Guevara, fifty years after his execution by the Bolivian military on October 9, 1967, maintains the aura of the heroic guerrilla. Although he is often used as a marketing object, with his image reproduced on teenage T-shirts and posters at rock concerts, his likeness ensures that his cult will not be commonplace. Che is an unavoidable milestone in the utopia of changing the world.
