“These Pictures in Slow Motion Passed before Us before We Could Even Blink”: On Photography, Revolution, Memory, and Historical Consciousness

Presumably a transparent emanation of the world, the photograph is taken as an authoritative document of important events. Institutions and social groups deploy photos to propagate their versions of reality, while individuals retrieve their pictures to recall memories and forestall overarching narra...

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Main Author: Manzanilla, Jpaul S.
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
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Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol72/iss3/2
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-50052024-10-15T08:00:04Z “These Pictures in Slow Motion Passed before Us before We Could Even Blink”: On Photography, Revolution, Memory, and Historical Consciousness Manzanilla, Jpaul S. Presumably a transparent emanation of the world, the photograph is taken as an authoritative document of important events. Institutions and social groups deploy photos to propagate their versions of reality, while individuals retrieve their pictures to recall memories and forestall overarching narratives that subdue personal interpretations of actions. This essay analyzes photographic renditions of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution to understand the protean character of memory and history. Considering photography as the outcome of subjective processes of mediation and representation will help us reflect on the mutability of the past’s interpretation based on the ever-changing preoccupations of the present. 2024-09-30T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol72/iss3/2 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.5005 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/5005/viewcontent/01_20PSHEV_2072_20n3_20Manzanilla_20_28Final_29.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo PHOTOGRAPHY • EDSA REVOLUTION • HISTORY • MEMORY • MEDIA
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topic PHOTOGRAPHY • EDSA REVOLUTION • HISTORY • MEMORY • MEDIA
spellingShingle PHOTOGRAPHY • EDSA REVOLUTION • HISTORY • MEMORY • MEDIA
Manzanilla, Jpaul S.
“These Pictures in Slow Motion Passed before Us before We Could Even Blink”: On Photography, Revolution, Memory, and Historical Consciousness
description Presumably a transparent emanation of the world, the photograph is taken as an authoritative document of important events. Institutions and social groups deploy photos to propagate their versions of reality, while individuals retrieve their pictures to recall memories and forestall overarching narratives that subdue personal interpretations of actions. This essay analyzes photographic renditions of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution to understand the protean character of memory and history. Considering photography as the outcome of subjective processes of mediation and representation will help us reflect on the mutability of the past’s interpretation based on the ever-changing preoccupations of the present.
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title “These Pictures in Slow Motion Passed before Us before We Could Even Blink”: On Photography, Revolution, Memory, and Historical Consciousness
title_short “These Pictures in Slow Motion Passed before Us before We Could Even Blink”: On Photography, Revolution, Memory, and Historical Consciousness
title_full “These Pictures in Slow Motion Passed before Us before We Could Even Blink”: On Photography, Revolution, Memory, and Historical Consciousness
title_fullStr “These Pictures in Slow Motion Passed before Us before We Could Even Blink”: On Photography, Revolution, Memory, and Historical Consciousness
title_full_unstemmed “These Pictures in Slow Motion Passed before Us before We Could Even Blink”: On Photography, Revolution, Memory, and Historical Consciousness
title_sort “these pictures in slow motion passed before us before we could even blink”: on photography, revolution, memory, and historical consciousness
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2024
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol72/iss3/2
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/5005/viewcontent/01_20PSHEV_2072_20n3_20Manzanilla_20_28Final_29.pdf
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