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Mexican photographer Rodrigo Moya, who famously photographed Che Guevara, dies at 91
Rodrigo Moya, the photographer best known for the iconic image known as “Melancholic Che,” has died, aged 91. Moya, a naturalized Mexican, passed away at his home in Cuernavaca on Wednesday after a long illness, surrounded by his family and his partner of 43 years, Susan Flaherty. Rodrigo Moya, fotógrafo colombo-mexicano. QEPD. pic.twitter.com/1skRJIK06Y — Malely Linares Sánchez (@Malelylinares) July 30, 2025 Mexico’s Ministry of Culture lament…
The image has been reproduced for decades. It is an icon of the revolutionary left, but also a symbol of pop culture. It shows the Argentine guerrilla Ernesto Guevara with his vision lost in a distant, pensive, melancholic point, as sad or perhaps worried. It smokes a habano, rather it seems to bite him. The long black hair and the hirsuta beard and such populated eyebrows mark the face of the man who still raises passions and hatreds. It is one…
Rodrigo Moya, one of the most important photographers of the 20th century in Latin America, died on Wednesday, July 30, at his home in Cuernavaca, Morelos, at the age of 91. Surrounded by the affection of his wife, designer Susan Flaherty, with whom he shared 43 years of life, and after a convalescence of four months after surgery, Moya left in peace, leaving behind a visual legacy that deeply documents the popular struggles, social inequalities…
This Wednesday he died, at his home in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Rodrigo Moya, a Mexican nationalized photographer and one of the most important visual voices of the 20th century. He was 91 years old and, after a long illness, fell asleep surrounded by the affection of his wife, designer Susan Flaherty, a living companion for 43 years, and under the close care of her family. The post Diece Rodrigo Moya, portraitist of the social changes of Mexico and…
On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, the unfortunate death of Rodrigo Moya, the Colombian-Mexican photographer who captured “Che” Guevara at key moments of the Cuban Revolution was recorded: Who was it? Friends, family members, as well as the Secretary of Culture of Mexico, confirmed that photographer Rodrigo Moya was 91 years old when he died in his home located in a village of Cuernavaca, Morelos in Mexico.
Rodrigo Moya, a Mexican nationalized photographer, died at the age of 91 in his home in Cuernavaca, Morelos, after dealing with a long illness. Surrounded by the affection of his wife, designer Susan Flaherty, Moya fell asleep. Moya dedicated herself to capturing the social inequalities that marked Latin America in the 50s and 60s. ...
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