Research Analysis Essay’s Research
I am analyzing the proliferation and adaptations of the photo, as well as its use in the media and popular culture. I want to analyze the image’s cultural impact and meaning, and how this may have developed over time.
As for which adaptations I wish to analyze, I will obviously include Korda’s original photograph. I will also include Jim Fitzpatrick’s adaptations that initially sparked the dissemination of Che’s image and its use in popular culture. I may include Andy Warhol’s colorful rendition. Finally, I want to assess the use of Che’s image both on the ground level (graffiti, use as a political and revolutionary image in Latin America), as well as by the mass media (t-shirts, commercial products, posters, mass appeal).
Pictures below: 1- Fitzpatrick’s original adaptation. 2- Fitzpatrick’s “psychedelic Che” poster. 3 & 4- Che graffiti. 5- Che T-shirt. 6- Che cigarettes.
Nadav,
This is shaping up to be a very fruitful cultural text. Although you’ll be able to make some sweeping statements about the historical development of the use of Che’s image, you’ll want to choose 1-2 (3 at most) of these as test cases from which you’ll extrapolate your larger observations.
godden - February 18, 2008 at 10:59 pm |