The Secular Stereoscopic Photographs of Potiguar Manoel Dantas
Stereoscopic Photography; Media History; Memory; Manoel Dantas
Since its emergence in 1839, photography has established itself as a landmark of modern society, conferring one of its most striking characteristics: representation by images (Turazzi, 1995; Flusser, 2007; Leite, 1993; Muniz Sodré, 2006). The technological advance observed due to the industrial revolution motivated the appearance of new techniques and modern photographic equipment, reflecting on the popularization of photography, especially among amateurs (Barthes, 1984; Martins, 2008). In the early twentieth century RN, the journalist, lawyer, professor, public manager, and politician from Seridó, Manoel Dantas (1867 - 1924), dedicated about 18 years of his life to stereoscopic photography - one of the most modern technologies available, due to its three-dimensional visual result (Parente, 1999; Turazzi, 1995). This dissertation uses unprecedented access to the collection of more than 2,000 photos to find answers to questions about the constituent triad of a photograph (Kossoy, 2014), namely: the photographer, the technology, and the subject of these records. Based on this case study (Gil, 2002; Braga 2011), we intend to investigate the photographic practice of potiguar Manoel Dantas, based on his collection of stereoscopic photographs, hoping to offer an academic contribution, from a historical perspective to media studies (Kossoy, 2002; Ciavatta, 2012).