Imagem, mídia e memória

Abstract

The thesis presented here intends investigate the relationship between media and memory through an archive built along the time, having as main source illustrated magazines such as: O Cruzeiro and Manchete, as well as books and encyclopedias. The images are displaced from their original supports creating new interpretations and possible approximations between the past and the present. Therefore, the research was organized through a selection with series of images selected from a archive more extensive. These series of images and Works are connected to each other through their poetics, and even if they are described separately, they are part of the same archive. The connections drawn come from the universe of illustrated magazines, pioneers in the history of photojournalism in Brazil from 1928 onwards, containing in their pages a vast diversity of themes that require a critical look when transported to the present. I also evoke the photographic production present in this universe of illustrated magazines and their archives as a guide for personal artistic work through cataloging, investigation and multiple poetics interferences.