Postmodern Olympians: a glimpse over celebrity’s photographs

Abstract

This article discusses the concept of olympians, proposed by the theoretician Edgar Morin, under the perspective of the photography. It was chosen an Oscar 2009 photograph – Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie - published in 4th march 2009, on the Brazilian magazine called Veja, and other images of secondary importance for the understanding of the chosen theory. The study did not analyzed the photo; instead it was discussed the concepts about the photograph act, as well as the relationship between photographer, photographed subject and images´ consumers, along with the question about the double in photograph – reality, illusion; distance, proximity; life, death.