Biografie von Alberto KORDA (1928-2001)
Personal data
Birth : 09/14/1928 - Havana, Cuba
Death : 05/25/2001 - Paris, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Cuba
Education
1946 – 1947 : Candler College (Commercial Studies) – Havana, Cuba
1947 – 1950 : Havana Business Academy (Commercial Studies) – Havana, Cuba
Professional data
Work and Life
1960 – 1968:Fidel CASTRO personal photographer
1959:Changes his name during the revolution from Díaz Guttierez to Korda
1950 – 1959:Works as a fashion photographer in the fifties
Awards
1994
1994 : Orden Félix Varela de Primer Grado – Cuba
Photography : Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
FNAC Saint-Lazare – Paris, France
2002 – 12/2002
2001
Alberto Korda
North Dakota Museum of Art – Grand Forks ND, United States
03/18/2001 – 05/28/2001
1999
Alberto Korda. Fotoutstilling
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter – Oslo, Norway
09/14/1999 – 11/07/1999
1998
Alberto Korda : Diario de una Revolución
Photographic Center Northwest Gallery – Seattle WA, United States
1998
Alberto Korda. Exposición Retrospectiva
Fototeca de Cuba – Havana, Cuba
09/1998
Alberto Korda
Couturier Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
10/23/1998 – 11/28/1998
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2001
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Zéro, L’Infini – Espace Valentin Rue des Trois Croix – Besançon, France
1999
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Bilinelli Lucien – 179 Avenue Brugmann – Brussels, Belgium
Group exhibitions
2002
Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Sciences, Religion and Art
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/04/2002 – 08/04/2002
2001
Korda: Photographs of the Cuban Revolution / Joseph Figueroa: Photographs of Contemporary Cuba
Govinda Gallery – Washington DC, United States
06/15/2001 – 07/21/2001
Shifting Tides : Cuban Photography after the Revolution
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Los Angeles CA, United States
04/15/2001 – 07/01/2001
2000
Korda y Figueroa
Roy Boyd Gallery – Chicago IL, United States
06/2000
Alberto Korda / José A. Figueroa
C. Grimaldis Gallery – Baltimore MD, United States
02/2000
Cuba, Sí! 50 Years of Cuban Photography
Royal National Theatre – London, United Kingdom
09/14/2000 – 11/11/2000
Cuba, Sí! 50 Years of Cuban Photography
Wingfield Arts Centre – Eye, Suffolk, United Kingdom
07/07/2000 – 09/30/2000
Cuba, Sí! 50 Years of Cuban Photography
Dick Institute – Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
04/21/2000 – 06/16/2000
1999
Lo real infatigable
Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales de La Habana – Havana, Cuba
04/11/1999 – 05/1999
1998
Cuba: 100 Años de Fotografía
Casa de America – Madrid, Spain
06/18/1998 – 07/19/1998
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2002
Les Années Cuba
Publisher: Editions de l’Aube – Paris, France
Author: Silvestri-Levy Alessandra
Preface Writer: Deforges Régine
2002
ISBN : 2876788160
1991
Che. Ein fotografisches Album
Publisher: Espresso Verlag GmbH – Am Treptower Park 28-30 – Berlin, Germany
Co-author: JORGE Amado
1991
ISBN : 3-88520-392-8
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