La insubordinación de la fotografía
By: Ángeles Donoso Macaya
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Metales Pesados
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Santiago, Chile
Language: spa
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9789566048442
Subjects: Documentary photography; History; Authoritarianism; Collective memory; Politics and culture; Pictorial works
Work titles: The insubordination of photography : documentary practices under Chile's dictatorship
Description: The Insubordination of Photography is the first book to analyze how various collectives, organizations, and independent media used photography to expose and protest the crimes of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's regime. Featuring never-before-seen photos and other archival material, this book reflects on the integral role of images in public memory and issues of reparation and justice. "After Augusto Pinochet rose to power in Chile in 1973, his government abducted, abused, and executed thousands of his political opponents. The Insubordination of Photography is the first book to analyze how various collectives, organizations, and independent media used photography to expose and protest the crimes of Pinochetœs authoritarian regime. Aþngeles Donoso Macaya discusses the ways human rights groups such as the Vicariate of Solidarity used portraits of missing persons in order to make forced disappearances visible. She also calls attention to forensic photographs that served as incriminating evidence of government killings in the landmark Lonqueþn case. Donoso Macaya argues that the field of documentary photography in Chile was challenged and shaped by the precariousness of the nationœs politics and economics and shows how photojournalists found creative ways to challenge limitations imposed on the freedom of the press. In a culture saturated by disinformation and cover-ups and restricted by repression and censorship, photography became an essential tool to bring the truth to light. Featuring never-before-seen photographs and other archival material, this book reflects on the integral role of images in public memory and issues of reparation and justice." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-337)

In Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Introducción: Reajustando la profundidad de campo; title: I. Retratos persistentes - II. Materia documental; title: III. Emergencia de un campo; title: IV. La fotografía, fuera de límites; title: Epílogo.