ISTORIE VIZUALĂ ŞI NARATIVĂ: ALBUMUL FOTOGRAFIC AL UNUI OFIŢER ROMÂN DIN AL DOILEA RĂZBOI MONDIAL
VISUAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF A ROMANIAN OFFICER FROM WORLD WAR II
Author(s): Emil Boboescu, Ana-Cristina IrianSubject(s): History, Cultural history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Societatea de Ştiinţe Istorice din România
Keywords: cultural and military history; 20th Century Romania; World War II; photographic war album; visual narratives;
Summary/Abstract: During World War II, the Romanian officer Vasile A. Marinescu took picturesof his life in the army and made an amateur photographic war album with imagesand notes from the geographical areas where he was mobilized and from the front.The album was recently discovered, as part of a private collection, and a researchwork on it commenced in 2020. In this article we intend to present and analyse thealbum and its content as an object - subject, a historical record and to try to answera few critical questions related to: 1) the purpose of this kind of photographic albummade by an amateur military-photographer; 2) the type of narrative built and itsrelevance; 3) the role of such visual construction both as a useful tool forunderstanding historical events and for overcoming individual traumas caused by war.
Journal: Studii şi articole de istorie
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 88
- Page Range: 241-269
- Page Count: 29
- Language: Romanian