Negative originals : race and early photography in Colombia / Juanita Solano Roa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solano Roa, Juanita, author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Calle, Benjamín de la, 1869-1934.

Calle, Benjamín de la.

Rodríguez Márquez, Melitón, 1875-1942.

Rodríguez Márquez, Melitón.

Rodríguez Márquez, Horacio Marino, 1866-1931.

Rodríguez Márquez, Horacio Marino.

Photography--Colombia--Medellín--History--20th century.

Photography.

Photography in ethnology--Colombia--Medellín--History--20th century.

Photography in ethnology.

Photography--Social aspects--Colombia--Medellín--History--20th century.

Photographers--Colombia--Medellín--History--20th century.

Photographers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 307 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Race and early photography in Colombia

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Negative Originals is a study of race and photography in Medellín, Colombia in at the turn of the nineteenth century. Juanita Solano Roa considers how the history of the negative and its manipulation is bound up in factors of race, class, gender, and sexuality.By employing the concept of the photographic negative as a theoretical tool, Solano Roa illuminates the profound contradictions in the construction of identity discourse during a critical period in Colombian history. The book delves into the intricate relationship between race and photography, focusing on how regional and national discourses linked theories of race to progress. By examining the works of Fotografía Rodríguez (Horacio Marino and Melitón Rodríguez) and Benjamín de la Calle, Solano Roa traces the visual construction and dissemination of racial ideologies within the Department of Antioquia and highlights the resistance to these narratives through the same medium. Through an insightful analysis of both negative and positive prints, Negative Originals uncovers the juxtaposition between traditional portraiture, which reinforced prevailing racial ideologies, and subversive depictions of often excluded individuals including cross-dressers, peasants, black individuals, and the poor"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Envisioning a "New Race" : Photographic Manipulation and the Discourse of la raza antioqueña

The Pictorial Negative: The Work of Horacio Marino and Melitón Rodríguez

The Negative in Suspense: Deviant Subjects and Bodies in the Work of Benjamín de la Calle

Orientalism in the Andes: Itinerant Images and Distant Negatives

Negative Spaces: The Backdrops in Benjamín de la Calle's and Fotografía Rodríguez's

Photographs

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Solano Roa, Juanita. Negative originals.

ISBN:

9781478060963

1478060964

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.