IMAGES OF PRESENTS/GHOSTS OF THE PAST

The representation of subjects in the Americas has always generated points of convergences, or divergences. To represent Indians, slaves or employees was an ethnographic decision that ultimately helped compose a particular characterization of a specific place. In this paper, I present a selection from three photographers-Marc Ferrez, Christiano Junior and Martín Chambi-whose contributions helped shape a personal / particular view of certain regions of Latin America. In a second moment, I confront these photographs with the works of contemporary Ecuadorian photographer Lucia Chiriboga, who incorporates antique photographs and documents in her art, in a direct dialogue with the past.

Photography; Identities; Memory.

Authorship

Brenda Carlos de Andrade

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* Brenda Carlos de Andrade is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE). She holds a degree in English and Portuguese (UNICAP, 2004) and in Spanish and Portuguese (UFPE, 2004), an MA in Literary Theory (UFPE, 2007) and a PhD in Literary Theory (UFPE, 2014). Her PhD thesis focuses on Latin American nineteenth-century historical novels and the relation between literature and history during this period. Her current research deals with images of Colonial Latin America in both Literature and Arts. E-mail: brenda.carlosdeandrade@gmail.com

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Brenda Carlos de Andrade is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE). She holds a degree in English and Portuguese (UNICAP, 2004) and in Spanish and Portuguese (UFPE, 2004), an MA in Literary Theory (UFPE, 2007) and a PhD in Literary Theory (UFPE, 2014). Her PhD thesis focuses on Latin American nineteenth-century historical novels and the relation between literature and history during this period. Her current research deals with images of Colonial Latin America in both Literature and Arts. E-mail: brenda.carlosdeandrade@gmail.com

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