Title: Retratos de família
First published: 1993
Description: "By examining the work of a large number of photographers of immigrant families, the author documents the social uses and artistic dimensions of photography in Brazil from approximately 1890-1930. Supplemented with testimonies of travelers and artists such as Richard Burton and Jean Baptiste Debret, who describe everyday life in 19th-century Brazil. Also uses methods of visual anthropology to achieve a better understanding of historical photography. Includes bibliography and many reproductions"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Family, History, Photography in historiography, Pictorial works, Photography of families, Families
Places: Brazil
LC classification: HQ594 .L45 1993