Portraits in the Andes: Photography and Agency, 1900-1950

by Jorge Coronado

Portraits in the Andes examines indigenous and mestizo self-representation through the medium of photography from the early to mid twentieth century. As Jorge Coronado reveals, these images offer a powerful counterpoint to the often-slanted, predominant view of indigenismo produced by the intellectual elite. Photography offered an inexpensive and readily available technology for producing portraits and other images that allowed lower- and middle-class...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822965003
• ISBN13: 9780822965008
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"