In 1958, a large group of 26th of July Movement activists protested the presence of a Cuban delegation appointed by dictator Fulgencio Batista at a voting session of the United Nations in New York. I first found a photo of the whole group at the University of Florida and published it in Heroes, Martyrs, and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946-1958 (Yale University Press, 2018) without knowing the photographer was Andrew St. George. To my surprise, his private papers included this close-up shot of a clean-shaven (and extra-slender) St. George, probably fresh from a trip to the Sierra Maestra alongside three activists. Widely circulated in the opposition press, these images testify to St. George’s personal identification with the cause of justice and democracy in Cuba. Photograph by unknown activist using St. George’s camera.
