The ESMA image factory. Taking photographs as forced work in a clandestine detention centre

This article investigates the forced task of taking photographs that some of the kidnapped people in the ESMA clandestine detention center had to carry out between 1977 and 1983. The article first reconstructs the functioning of the photography laboratory, explaining its role in the system of repres...

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Autor principal: Feld, Claudia
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Publicado: Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, UNR 2024
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spelling I15-R230-article-4392024-12-23T19:19:30Z The ESMA image factory. Taking photographs as forced work in a clandestine detention centre La fábrica de imágenes de la ESMA. Tomar fotografías como trabajo forzado en un centro clandestino de detención Feld, Claudia This article investigates the forced task of taking photographs that some of the kidnapped people in the ESMA clandestine detention center had to carry out between 1977 and 1983. The article first reconstructs the functioning of the photography laboratory, explaining its role in the system of repression and power established there, and defining four periods and four “teams” of prisoners-photographers. Then, it analyzes two corpuses of photos taken by them: 1) photos of perpetrators intended to falsify identity documents; 2) photographs taken behind the backs of the perpetrators, as a means of transgression. In this framework, different systems of spatial contiguities between the photographic act and violence are examined, postulating the existence of different spaces “in suspense”, inside the clandestine center but outside its logic. The article thus problematizes the relationship between photography and captivity in the context of the last dictatorship in Argentina, understanding photography as a particular practice developed in a context of subjection and resistance. Este artículo indaga en la tarea de tomar fotografías que debieron realizar, como parte de sus trabajos forzados, algunos secuestrados en el centro clandestino de detención ESMA, entre 1977 y 1983. El artículo reconstruye, primero, el funcionamiento del laboratorio fotográfico explicando su rol en el sistema de represión y poder instaurado allí, y definiendo cuatro etapas y “equipos” de prisioneros-fotógrafos. Luego, se analizan dos corpus de fotos tomadas por ellos: 1) fotos de represores destinadas a falsificar documentos de identidad; 2) fotografías realizadas a espaldas de los victimarios, como modo de transgresión. En este marco, se examinan distintos sistemas de contigüidades espaciales entre el acto fotográfico y la violencia, postulando la existencia de diversos espacios “en suspenso”, interiores al centro clandestino pero exteriores a sus lógicas. El artículo problematiza, así, la relación entre fotografía y cautiverio en el marco de la última dictadura en Argentina, entendiendo a la fotografía como una práctica particular desarrollada en el marco de sujeciones y resistencias.  Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, UNR 2024-12-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html application/pdf application/epub+zip https://anuariodehistoria.unr.edu.ar/index.php/Anuario/article/view/439 10.35305/aeh.vi41.439 Anuario de la Escuela de Historia; Núm. 41 (2024): Pensar las imágenes: los lazos entre fotografía, historia y política 1853-8835 0327-215X spa https://anuariodehistoria.unr.edu.ar/index.php/Anuario/article/view/439/594 https://anuariodehistoria.unr.edu.ar/index.php/Anuario/article/view/439/592 https://anuariodehistoria.unr.edu.ar/index.php/Anuario/article/view/439/593 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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The ESMA image factory. Taking photographs as forced work in a clandestine detention centre
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title The ESMA image factory. Taking photographs as forced work in a clandestine detention centre
title_short The ESMA image factory. Taking photographs as forced work in a clandestine detention centre
title_full The ESMA image factory. Taking photographs as forced work in a clandestine detention centre
title_fullStr The ESMA image factory. Taking photographs as forced work in a clandestine detention centre
title_full_unstemmed The ESMA image factory. Taking photographs as forced work in a clandestine detention centre
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description This article investigates the forced task of taking photographs that some of the kidnapped people in the ESMA clandestine detention center had to carry out between 1977 and 1983. The article first reconstructs the functioning of the photography laboratory, explaining its role in the system of repression and power established there, and defining four periods and four “teams” of prisoners-photographers. Then, it analyzes two corpuses of photos taken by them: 1) photos of perpetrators intended to falsify identity documents; 2) photographs taken behind the backs of the perpetrators, as a means of transgression. In this framework, different systems of spatial contiguities between the photographic act and violence are examined, postulating the existence of different spaces “in suspense”, inside the clandestine center but outside its logic. The article thus problematizes the relationship between photography and captivity in the context of the last dictatorship in Argentina, understanding photography as a particular practice developed in a context of subjection and resistance.
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