Guerrillero Heroico (English: "
Heroic Guerrilla Fighter") is an
iconic photograph of
Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara taken by
Alberto Korda. It was captured on March 5, 1960, in
Havana,
Cuba, at a memorial service for victims of the
La Coubre explosion. By the end of the 1960s, the image, in conjunction with Guevara's subsequent actions and eventual execution, helped solidify the charismatic and controversial leader as a cultural icon. Korda has said that at the moment he shot the picture, he was drawn to Guevara's facial expression, which showed "absolute implacability" as well as anger and pain. Years later, Korda would say that the photo showed Che's firm and stoic character. Guevara was 31 years old at the time the photo was taken.