Photography and the social building of memory

Authors

  • Sergio Luiz Pereira da Silva Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro-UNIRIO Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2011.47.3.05

Abstract

The photograph as a document is almost always linked to memory, a visual memory that portrays, re-signifies and re-contextualizes the social action of the look. In this sense the photographer is a social actor who, among other things, intrumentalizes the look by highlighting aesthetic realities in a field of particular perception that becomes public, particularly today in a post-conventional social context. This paper reflects on this process of post-conventional change in which visual culture is situated and in which photography and memory are increasingly involved, weaving new identities.

Key words: photograph, memory, identity.

Author Biography

  • Sergio Luiz Pereira da Silva, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro-UNIRIO
    Doutor em Ciencias Humanas, pela UFSC, Professor Adjunto de Sociologia da UNIRIO.

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Published

2011-10-28

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 3 (2011): September/December

Section

Dossiê: Memória e Sociedade

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How to Cite

Photography and the social building of memory. (2011). Ciências Sociais Em Revista, 47(3), 228-231. https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2011.47.3.05