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

• Main Author: Manzanilla, Jpaul S.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: PHOTOGRAPHY • EDSA REVOLUTION • HISTORY • MEMORY • MEDIA
• Online Access: 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
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

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...