On
Tuesday 23rd October we were asked to research into an article we
liked from that days newspaper. The article I chose was published in The
Guardian, entitled The Picture of Health:
Castro silences latest reports of death with attack on media ‘lies’. The
reason I chose this news article was because of its intriguing and iconic
qualities.
This
is where my preliminary research started. I looked into Fidel Castro’s past,
starting with the Cuban Revolution of 1959 moving through the years and
finishing in 2012. Most of the research I did for this was entirely visual,
looking at photographs and propaganda.
1959
2004
I also
did some other wider research looking into Cuba briefly and the support for
Castro.
Another
element of the article that interested me was the information that this was not
the first time this had happened, in fact there have been several rumours of
his death since the Cuban Revolution. Most of these rumours, I discovered, stem
from western, mainly American, wants to get rid of him. In the first critique
this was highlighted as an area for further development and idea generation.
This
became the focal point for my research and development. The main message being
that Castro is sill alive.
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