ABSTRACT
This article reflects on the possibility of photography to apprehend gesture as proposed by Jean Galard in the text “A beleza do gesto: uma estética das condutas”. Its start point is the argument that an act can only become a gesture when it is observed - and, if it is so, could the camera play the role of observer and photograph it as a gesture? In order to establish a theoretical approach on the subject of photography, we will invoke Roland Barthes’ essay “Camera Lucida: reflections on photography” as well as other secondary authors. At the end, a photo from Francisco Rodrigues collection will be analyzed under the light of the question “can the Photograph capture the gesture?”.
keywords:
photograph; gesture; apprehension
