Cor, alma e "desalma" na fotografia oitocentista brasileira: o retrato do negro nas lentes de Albert Henschel 1866-1882

Abstract

This research has as its theme of analysis that forms Albert Henschel collaborated on the question of the representation of the black, in the photographic images about him, in the 19th century. This important German photographer arrived in Brazil in 1866 and settled in the city of Recife, capital of Pernambuco. The study of photographs, archived in the collections IMS Photographical and Encyclopedia Cultural Itaú, were cycled between 1866 and 1882, in Brazil in the 19th century. From what we know about Henschel and his work it is inferior to advertisements than in newspapers and from photographs in carte-de-visite and carte-gabinet. Is possible to notice social aspects of an era, and especially of representation, through the perception of the subject. inserted into these images through a past/present perspective. Brazil is narratives of values as the observer determines an object to be observed, you can observe the eyes of the photographer, of a community, class social, aesthetic or with the eyes of an entire society.