A companion to Latin American photography /

"Photography provides unique insights into Latin America. It acts as a witness, agent, and archive - containing a wealth of knowledge about the continent, its social classes, and its multiple ethnicities. This companion introduces the reader to the role that photography plays in Latin America,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gardner, Nathanial Eli (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Tamesis Books, 2025.
Series:Tamesis companions ; 4.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Photography translation: another way of looking
  • Visual testimony - photography as testimonio
  • Photography giving voice to the other - Hegemony and photography
  • Women and Latin American photography
  • Photography and children
  • The picturesque and anti-picturesque in Latin American photography
  • Foreign influences on Latin American photography
  • The photographic canon and Latin American institutions
  • Final thoughts.