Saturday, July 12, 2008

The Face on the "Tee Shirt"


You may find this face familiar coz U may have seen many Youths wearing these Tee's with this Famous Face on it!

Yes he is the Cuban Socialist Revolutionist
"Che Guevara"

What do you think why do they buy the tee's of Che because of his Iconic image or its become a vogue to wear tee's with Che, Iron Maiden or Metallica ?

Its not because of Vogue; because he'z evolved into a quintessential icon for the WORLD!

The photograph Below was declared "the most famous photograph in the world" take by Alberto Korda. Che was also named one amongst the 100 most influential people of the 20th century by TIME Magazine.

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara Lynch de la Serna


"Che" in a Nut Shell !
commonly known as Che Guevara or el Che, was an Argentine-born Marxist, politician, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas.Guevara joined Fidel Castro's paramilitary 26th of July Movement, which seized power in Cuba in 1959. After serving in various important posts in the new government and writing a number of articles and books on the theory and practice of guerrilla warfare, Guevara left Cuba in 1965 with the intention of fomenting revolutions first in Congo-Kinshasa, and then in Bolivia, where he was captured in a CIA/ U.S. Army Special Forces-organized military operation.

Che died at the hands of the Bolivian Army in La Higuera near Vallegrande on October 9, 1967 Guevara's body was lashed to the landing skids of a helicopter and flown from La Higuera to neighboring Vallegrande. Participants in, and witnesses to, the events of his final hours testify that his captors executed him without trial.After his death, Guevara became an icon of socialist revolutionary movements worldwide.

Gone But Not Forgotton !!

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