Photography in Latin America: History and Historiography (19th & 20th Century)

Authors

  • Magdalena Broquetas Universidad de la República, Uruguay
  • Andrea Cuarterolo CONICET/Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2021.vi22.11637

Keywords:

History of photography, Historiography, Latin America, 19th Century, 20th Century

Abstract

Since the end of the last century, the historiography of photography in Latin America began a period of rapid transformation due to two factors that stimulated the development of this field in the region: the accelerated evolution of photographic archives and the entry of photography as an object of study in universities. These changes gave rise to a methodological reflection that brought historians closer to the world of images, confronting them with unique challenges and possibilities in relation to other types of sources. The need to develop a specific vocabulary and methodology for the analysis of these images and to focus the study of photography as part of a chain that involves several agents was postulated. An understanding of the historical dimension of photography was proposed, not only as an artistic expression but fundamentally as the history of a means of recording, communication and expression with diverse purposes. The use of images as primary sources was encouraged, respecting their context, their multiple social functions, and their stories and itineraries. This dossier seeks to account for this diversity, vitality and renewal of historiographic studies on Latin American photography from different theoretical and methodological perspectives

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Author Biographies

  • Magdalena Broquetas, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

    Doctora en Historia por la Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Profesora Agregada del Departamento de Historia del Uruguay (Universidad de la República). Entre sus publicaciones se destacan La trama autoritaria. Derechas y violencia en Uruguay (1958- 1966) (Montevideo, Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 2014) y los dos tomos de Fotografía en Uruguay. Historia y usos sociales, t.I 1840-1930, t.II 1930-1990 (Montevideo, Ediciones CDF, 2011 y 2018), libros en los que es coordinadora y coautora.

  • Andrea Cuarterolo, CONICET/Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Doctora en Historia y Teoría de las Artes por la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Investigadora Adjunta del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y docente de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Autora del libro De la foto al fotograma: Relaciones entre cine y fotografía en la Argentina 1840–1933 (2013) y co-editora de Pantallas transnacionales. El cine argentino y mexicano del período clásico (2017) y Diez miradas sobre el cine y audiovisual (2018). Co-dirige el Centro de Investigaciones y Nuevos Estudios sobre Cine y la publicación académica Vivomatografías. Revista de estudios sobre precine y cine silente en Latinoamérica.

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Published

2021-01-26

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How to Cite

Photography in Latin America: History and Historiography (19th & 20th Century). (2021). Fotocinema. Revista científica De Cine Y fotografía, 22, 5-21. https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2021.vi22.11637