Portraits of Contemporary Brazil: photographic practices in the 19th and 20th centuries

Authors

  • Marcos Felipe de Brum Lopes PhD in Social History from the Universidad Federal Fluminense (UFF, Brazil). Researcher at the Oral History and Image Laboratory (UFF). Researcher in the House & Museum of Benjamin Constant (IBRAM/MinC, Brazil).
  • Ana Maria Mauad PhD in Social History from the Universidad Federal Fluminense (UFF, Brazil); and Post-doctorate Fellow at the Paulist Museum of USP. Associate Professor in the Department of History of UFF.
  • Mariana Muaze PhD in History from the Universidad Federal Fluminense (UFF, Brasil). Teaches in the Department of History de la Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Unirio, Brazil).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3232/REB.2017.V4.N8.3074

Keywords:

Brazil, portrait, landscape, public photography, photographic practices

Abstract

The article follows the paths of photographic practices in Brazil in the 19th and 20th centuries and the centrality of photography in the country’s visual culture. The text emphasizes photographic portraits and landscapes as the most valued images in the 19th century, whereas in the 20th century it focuses on the production of public photography, in particular press photography and photography from state agencies. Our aim is to offer an encyclopedic structure which consolidates, in each of its parts and sub-parts, historical information based on original research and up-to-date historiographical references concerning the debates about photography and society in contemporary Brazil. 

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Published

2017-10-05

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 8 (2017)

Section

Dossier

How to Cite

Portraits of Contemporary Brazil: photographic practices in the 19th and 20th centuries. (2017). Revista De Estudios Brasileños, 4(8). https://doi.org/10.3232/REB.2017.V4.N8.3074