Imaginary Documentary: reflecting upon contemporary documental photography

Authors

  • Kátia Hallak Lombardi Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2008v4n4p35

Keywords:

Photography history, Documental photography, Imaginary museum, Imaginary documentary

Abstract

This article pursues the idea of an Imaginary Documentary – a possible new inflexion on the practices of contemporary documental photography. The text establishes its theoretical foundations through a forthcoming approach of the discussions about documental photography to the concept of imaginary, by Gilbert Durand, and the notion of Imaginary Museum, by André Malraux. Photographers that are part of documental photography history are the elected objects in which we shall confront the potentialities of the Imaginary Documentary.

Author Biography

Kátia Hallak Lombardi, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Graduada em Comunicação Social/Jornalismo pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais – PUC-MG. Mestre em Comunicação Social pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG. Fotógrafa, professora e autora do projeto fotográfico www.guardioesdopatrimonio.com.br.

Published

2008-12-15

How to Cite

Lombardi, K. H. (2008). Imaginary Documentary: reflecting upon contemporary documental photography. Discursos Fotograficos, 4(4), 35–58. https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2008v4n4p35

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