Between truth and staging: the photojournalism between the document and the expression

Abstract

In this paper, I intend to analyze two currents of thoughts about the photographic image, the photography-document and the photography-expression, by André Rouillé, and verify its influences on photojournalism. To establish a dialogue with Rouillé, we will use the concept of "that-has-been", from Roland Barthes, and "that-has-been-staged", from François Soulages. Using that, we will analyze two products: Life magazine and Magnum agency, each one as the leading exponent of the line of thought in which is inserted.