In the 50s and 60s, Rodrigo Moya documented iconic moments and people across Latin America through his photography. Even though the photojournalist was there to capture the Cuban Revolution and the guerrilla movement in Venezuela – where he shot the famous “Melancholy Che” and “Guerrillas in the Mist” – he does not consider his work impactful.
“I was a documentary photographer and no more,” Moya told The Washington Post. “I don’t believe that my work has had an influence on society or changed anything in the world, but more than once it’s saved me and has once again become a passion in these late years of my existence.”
There’s also a renewed interest in Moya’s work. Rodrigo Moya: Photography and Conscience/Fotografia y consciecia is a recently released bilingual retrospective that features more than 100 of Moya’s images. Moya wrote an introduction to the book, and historian Ariel Arnal wrote an essay that explains how important Moya’s work has been.
