São Paulo Past and Present: Comparative Albums and Architectural Photography in Brazil
A principle feature of São Paulo photography is the predominance of comparative albums that illustrate modern progress by juxtaposing contemporary and past imagery. Within these comparative albums, paired architectural vistas became a primary means of demonstrating São Paulo’s transformation into a...
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oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-706752021-01-28T18:19:14Z São Paulo Past and Present: Comparative Albums and Architectural Photography in Brazil São Paulo pasado y presente: álbumes comparativos y la fotografía de arquitectura en Brasil Stewart, Danielle photography photo albums comparative albums architecture skyscraper urbanism São Paulo Brazil modernization A principle feature of São Paulo photography is the predominance of comparative albums that illustrate modern progress by juxtaposing contemporary and past imagery. Within these comparative albums, paired architectural vistas became a primary means of demonstrating São Paulo’s transformation into a modern city, especially as the city became increasingly “verticalized” in the mid-twentieth century. This paper employs the iconographic analysis of photographs in comparative albums and magazine spreads to show how photographic narratives of infrastructural progress helped to propel architectural trends and shift public opinion about the aesthetics and function of the city. In doing so, I demonstrate how architecture and photography operated as symbiotic practices in midcentury urban Brazil. Una característica principal de la fotografía en São Paulo es el predominio de álbumes comparativos que ilustran el progreso moderno con la yuxtaposición de imágenes contemporáneas y pasadas. Dentro de estos álbumes, las vistas arquitectónicas pareadas se convirtieron en el medio principal para demostrar la transformación de São Paulo en una ciudad moderna, especialmente cuando la ciudad empezó a hacerse cada vez más vertical, a mediados del siglo xx. Este artículo emplea el análisis iconográfico de fotografías en álbumes comparativos y revistas para mostrar cómo las narrativas fotográficas de progreso infraestructural ayudaron a impulsar las tendencias arquitectónicas y a cambiar la opinión pública sobre la estética y la función de la ciudad; con ello se demuestra que la arquitectura y la fotografía operaban como prácticas simbióticas en las zonas urbanas de Brasil a mediados de siglo. Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2019-09-13 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Investigación application/pdf application/xml https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/bitacora/article/view/70675 10.22201/fa.14058901p.2019.41.70675 Bitacora Arquitectura; No. 41 (2019): Photography and Architecture; 22-28 Bitácora Arquitectura; Núm. 41 (2019): Fotografía y arquitectura; 22-28 2594-0856 1405-8901 10.22201/fa.14058901p.2019.41 spa https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/bitacora/article/view/70675/62536 https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/bitacora/article/view/70675/67533 Derechos de autor 2019 Bitácora Arquitectura |
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A principle feature of São Paulo photography is the predominance of comparative albums that illustrate modern progress by juxtaposing contemporary and past imagery. Within these comparative albums, paired architectural vistas became a primary means of demonstrating São Paulo’s transformation into a modern city, especially as the city became increasingly “verticalized” in the mid-twentieth century. This paper employs the iconographic analysis of photographs in comparative albums and magazine spreads to show how photographic narratives of infrastructural progress helped to propel architectural trends and shift public opinion about the aesthetics and function of the city. In doing so, I demonstrate how architecture and photography operated as symbiotic practices in midcentury urban Brazil. |
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