[lbo-talk] Viva Fidel! Fore!

[Carl Remick]

There's a fascinating collection of photos of Castro and his colleagues, 
done by Fidel's longtime personal photographer Alberto Korda, at 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/galleries/091506/korda/index.html>

Among the more unusual highlights:

#22:  Castro in military fatigues wielding a putter on a golfing green.  
Korda's caption:  "One day, President Eisenhower made the front page of the 
New York Times after scoring a hole-in-one during a golf match. In jest, 
Fidel asked Che to teach him how to play. Che knew how to play golf from his 
childhood in Argentina. Fidel asked me along to take some photos..."

#37:  Castro frolicking in the snow with his inebriated Soviet hosts during 
a state visit to the USSR.  Caption:  "The capacity of the Russians to drink 
alcohol and act like children was astounding. While they were out hunting, 
Nikita and Leonid's favorite pastime was to try to stuff snow down each 
other's pants..." (Note: This is at least preferable to getting a shotgun 
blast in the face from hunter Dick Cheney.)

The collection also includes different versions of the shot of Che Guevera 
that is certainly one of the most famous images ever -- see #1, #18, #19.

Carl