Abstract
Following war journalism since its inception, the photography that records such episodes is marked by an imagery baggage that uses particular formulas to express different emotions. In his book, Leão Serva highlights the ways in which images establish such a method in our culture, drawing above all on the legacy of Aby Warburg’s research. The author draws on Warburg’s Atlas Mnemosyne to create his own panels, pointing out the specifics of war photographs and how the formulas of emotion, or Pathosformeln, are used in them. Serva’s work is remarkable in revealing how the process of photographic creation dialogues with these standards and how the use of panels can contribute to the construction of knowledge about the imaginary.
Keywords
image; imaginary; photojournalism; Aby Warburg; war