Havana, Cuba – Cuban photographer Raul Corrales, known as one of the leaders in his field in the post-Revolutionary period, died here Saturday, state television reported. He was 81.
Born in 1925, Corrales was for almost 60 years “a paradigm of Cuban photography” and his death represents “a regrettable loss” to Cuban culture, the station added.
Along with Alberto Diaz “Korda,” author of the most famous photo taken of Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary icon Ernesto “Che” Guevara; and Osvaldo Salas; Corrales is recognized as one of the leading figures of the so-called “Epic Photography of the Cuba Revolution” period that followed Fidel Castro’s rise to power in 1959.
He also is known for important photographs of the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, one of which was published Saturday by the Granma official daily.
According to the television report, Corrales, whose cause of death was not revealed, was buried Saturday afternoon.
