• Authors: Juan Guardiola (Ed.).
  • Spanish | English
  • 84-932950-5-1
  • €40,00 | Hardcover | 26.6 x 24.1 cm | 230 page
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  • Casa Asia | Barcelona, ​​2006
  • National Museum of the Philippines, State Society for Foreign Cultural Action of Spain.
40€

This volume brings together photographic portraits and landscapes, coinciding with the appearance of photography in 1842 in the Philippines, most of which have never been published. All the images provide information about that colonial society and the documentation they provide becomes an essential archive for learning about the history of this country from the inside. The author of the book, Juan Guardiola, takes a tour of the history of photography in the Philippines during the XNUMXth century. XIX understanding that this is an exceptional instrument for the reconstruction of the history of a country and a society that was part of the Hispanic world until 1989. Among the topics covered, the following stand out: "Chiaroscuros of Colonialism", "The Mestizo Identity", "From the Cavite Mutiny to the Conflict in Carolinas", "The Katipunan Revolution", "1898”, “The Introduction of Cinema” and “The Philippine-American War”.

For more information, contact email ppgad@pucrs.br.