Entre memória, imagem e afeto : um recorte das histórias pessoais nos álbuns fotográficos de família

Abstract

It is known that photography has undergone a path full of transformations. In this context, its growing presence in everyday life has clearly fostered new conceptions regarding the relationship between the individual and the image. The identity of the being who sees themselves through it is constructed based on what we wish to communicate to the world; thus, photography is capable of establishing this meeting point between the self and the other. The aim of this study is to analyze, through the Life History methodology, a collection of excerpts from personal family narratives based on photographs from family albums, discussing the changes in how photography is consumed, not only within the Brito family’s life but also globally, from the era of analog photography to the peak of digital. In line with this, the study also seeks to understand how affective memory is constructed through the image of the family album and how new photographic practices have reshaped this construction. Photography is what allows us to establish our presence in someone else's memory; therefore, memory is understood here as a social construction, formed by lived experiences and the meanings attributed to them in relation to others through the images in the album.