Revolution and Commerce: The Legacy of Korda's Portrait of Che Guevara has been several years in the making. I am indebted to the help of many people in Cuba, the United States, Mexico, France and England for making it possible.

In particular to the director of UCR/California Museum of Photography, Jonathan Green, who produced this exhibition in collaboration with me for his radical vision and consummate energy and support; David Kunzle for his generosity in sharing so much of his own research and material; Darrel Couturier who represented Alberto D’az Korda during his lifetime, for supporting this project from its initial germination to the present; Diana Diaz, the Korda Estate and Reynaldo Almira for permission to use the image and for helping my research in Cuba; Pedro Meyer for expanding and globalizing these ideas through ZoneZero.com; Martin Parr and Francois Hebel who helped realize the early part of this project and take it to Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles in 2004 with composer Manuel Rocha Iturbide, Mexico; Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City in particular Gustavo Prado and Alejandro Castellenos; Wendy Brown for her lucid typography and design; to all the lenders to the exhibition especially Carol Wells and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles; Robert Pledge and Contact Press Images; Magnum Photos; International Institute of Social History (IISH), Amsterdam; Urbanmedium; Gallery 106, Austin; Joan Boorstein, of Showtime, for allowing us to use excerpts from Fidel; Hector Cruz Sandoval for allowing us to use excerpts from KordaVision; and Max Ziff who provided the original Korda print.

My deepest thanks to all the contributing photographers, artists, poster makers and filmmakers who generously have given their time enthusiasm and entrusted us with their work:

Photographers and artists; Abbas, Magnum Photos; Yolanda Andrade; Marcelo Brodsky; Rene Burri, Magnum Photos; Raymond Depardon, Magnum Photos; Alberto D’az Korda; Brian Doan; Jordi Dulsat; Erick Estrada Bellmann; José Figueroa; Diego Goldberg; John R. Harris; Thomas Hoepker; Carl de Keyzer, Magnum Photos; Joseph Koudelka, Magnum Photos; Barry Lewis; Annie Liebowitz, Contact Press Images; Pedro Lobo; Fern Logan; Marcos Lopez; Doug McCulloh; Francisco Mata; Rubén Ortiz Torres; Pedro Meyer; Vik Muniz; Raul Ortega; Martin Parr, Magnum Photos; Ernesto Ramirez; Alessandro Rossi; Sérgio Sakakibara; José Antonio Salas; Jose Angel Toirac; Larry Towell, Magnum Photos; UrbanMedium; and Zhao Hai Yun.

Postermakers: Raúl Arrellano; Felix Beltrán; José Antonio Burciaga; Jesús Forján; Frémez (José Fresquet); Daysi García; Tram Huu Chat; Niko (Antonio Pérez González); Eladio Rivadulla Pérez; Ngô Ba' Tháo; Raphael López Castro/Gabriela Rodriguez; Patricia Israel and Alberto Pérez; Alfredo Rostgaard; Elano Serrano; Gerard Malanga after Warhol; and the many unknown postermakers.

To all my friends who personally supported me with this project in Los Angeles, Mexico City, San Francisco and London over the last three years with there enthusiasm as well as practical help; to Mark Hayworth Booth who taught me there is a novel in every photograph; and special thanks to Elaine Brotherton and to my son Julio, who is always present and engaged.

I owe sincere thanks to Susan Chapman and the Anglo Mexican Foundation for their financial assistance and to Michael Pantoja and Justin Tracy of PIP Printing, Riverside, for their generous production of many of the show's photographs. Finally sincere thanks to all the dedicated staff at UCR/California Museum of Photography—Cathy Walling, Georg Burwick, Linda Theung, Steve Thomas, Zelda Glenn, Shane Shukis, Mark Phillips, and Brett Perkins—and to the CMP students and friends—Mike Lee, Shauna Crouse, Mary Martinez, Sullivan Oul, Katherine Guevarra, Jenny Bantz, Cinda Rosenberg, and Tania Hammidi—for making this show possible.

Trisha Ziff, Curator
January 2005