The photographic ritual: photography and nature in Colombia around 1900 Cover Image

El ritual fotográfico: fotografía y naturaleza en Colombia alrededor de 1900
The photographic ritual: photography and nature in Colombia around 1900

Author(s): Carlos Rojas Cocoma
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: history of photography; photographs of nature; Colombia; art around 1900;

Summary/Abstract: Photographs of nature in Colombia around 1900 were to a large extent the first images that were taken of regions and populations. Therefore, despite the difficulty of being interpreted as documents, they allow us to understand ways of looking and analyzing, positioning and conditioning the landscapes represented. Based on intensive research in various public and private archives, is presented an analysis of the connections between landscape, nature and photography in Colombia. Through a semiological analysis, I seek to understand the way in which nature, an invisible element devoid of temporality, found its meaning and its own stylistic identity through photography.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 17-41
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Spanish