Seeing is believing. Photography, ethnography and propaganda in the Ecuadorian Oriente (1893-1940).

Authors

  • Francois Laso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26807/cav.v0i04.85

Keywords:

Photography, etnography, History, Shuar, Quichua, Salesian Missions, event, method

Abstract

From María Fernanda Troya’s curatorial proposal of “Seeing to Believe. Photography, ethnography, propaganda in the Ecuadorian Oriente (1893-1940)” exhibition, presented in Arte Actual; this article reviews the assembly device as a methodological “double exposure” of archives research, texts and photographic images based on questioning historical ethnographic authority and the value of photography as a document.

Key words: Photography, ethnography, history, Shuar, Quichua, Salesian Missions, event, method.

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Author Biography

  • Francois Laso

    Fotógrafo y director de fotografía. Realizó estudios en la escuela de artes plásticas –“Le 75” (Bruxelles – Bélgica) y Comunicación (Universidad Central del Ecuador). Posee una maestría en Antropología Visual por la FLACSO, sede Ecuador.

    Ha publicado: La mirada y la memoria, Fotografías periodísticas del Ecuador (Trama ediciones-2006); Los Años Viejos (Fonsal-2007); Otro cielo no esperes (Paradocs-Trama-2009).
Premio José Peralta 2008 (IMDQ). Premio nacional de fotografía Hugo Cifuentes 2009 (MCE).

Portada Index diciembre 2017. Autor: Demian Schopf

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Published

2017-12-21

Issue

No. 04 (2017)

Section

Reviews

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How to Cite

Seeing is believing. Photography, ethnography and propaganda in the Ecuadorian Oriente (1893-1940). . (2017). Index, Contemporary Art Magazine, 04, 209-212. https://doi.org/10.26807/cav.v0i04.85

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