Burt Glinn Castro lifts a young admirer on the march to Havana. Cuba. 1959.
“This image is one of the photos taken by Burt in the early days of January, 1959 when Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista had been ou
(...) sted prior to escaping to the Dominican Republic.
The rebel leader Fidel Castro then marched with his revolutionary army of 8,500 partisan men and women from the mountains towards Havana. His organization, the 26th July Movement, was named for the date of the first Cuban insurrection of 1933. Castro and his men liberated Havana, in order to appoint Manuel Urrutia as president-designate. At this point Fidel seemed to be almost emulating the workings of the typical American campaign trail of the ‘50s, mirroring American candidates’ love of the ‘photo-op’, taking a chance to pick up a child or baby, and smiling for the cameras. A guaranteed vote-getter.”
– Elena Glinn © Burt Glinn | Magnum Photos
