The insubordination of photography: documentary practices under Chile's dictatorship

In: Reframing media, technology, and culture in Latin/o America

Abstract

Intro -- Cover -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Adjusting the Depth of Field -- The Military's Depth of Field -- The Expanding Field of the Practices of Photography -- The Documentary Matters -- I, the Viewer -- The Matters of This Book -- 1. Persistence of the Portrait -- (De)Constructing the Photographic Portrait -- The Portraits of the Detained-Disappeared: Traces, Icons, and Symbols of the Repression -- The Vicaría and the Composition of the Photographic Corpus of the Desaparecidos -- Touching Photocopies -- 2. Forensic Matter -- On Documents and Forensic Evidence -- The (Photographic) Evidence -- The Lonquén Forum Opens Up -- The Lonquén Photographs Enter the Forum -- Documentary Echoes of Lonquén -- 3. Emergence of a Field -- The Photographic Field: An Emergent Issue -- Punto de Vista (1981-1990) -- Anuarios fotográficos chilenos (1981 and 1982) -- Affordable Photographic Initiatives for Precarious Times -- Ediciones económicas de la fotografia chilena (1983) -- El pan nuestro de cada día (1986) -- There Is (No) History of Chilean Photography -- 4. Photography Off Limits -- The Limits of Photography (in the Artistic Field) -- Protest Photography, Unbound -- Military Censorship and Civil Responses -- 5. Epilogue -- Chile from Within -- Chile desde adentro -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author -- Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America.