In search of a new identity: photographies about a dictatorial ideology. Chile, 1973-1976

Authors

  • Lorena Berríos Universidad de Chile

Abstract

If we indicate that the photography, as cultural object, cannot exist to the margin some ideologies or some types of functions. Its practical essence depends on the institutions and the agents that, eventually, define it. From this point of view, the role photography played during the Chilean dictatorial government was strictly related to the social discipline imposed. From these facts, through the spread of the photos, of the means of communication and, especially, through the photographic workChile: Ayer y Hoy (Gabriela Mistral Publishing House), we are highly interested in revealing the wishes, behaviors and speeches the Military Junta expected to instill in the population.

Keywords:

Chile, photography, dictatorship, communicational policies, means of communication, visual discourses