CUENCA NAVARRETE, CORA, TARIN SANZ, ADRIAN RAMÓN
No
Hist. Comun. Soc.
Article
Científica
01/01/2025
001526817600005
2-s2.0-105009264883
The fall of the Soviet Union set in motion multiple transitional processes. This study analyzes their representations through the World Press Photo contest between 1989 and 1997, in a period that covers the so-called "parade of sovereignties" and the Jasaviurt agreements, which put an end to the First Chechen War. Using the Self-Assessment Manikin scale as a methodological tool, we examined the tone and visual rhetoric in the winning photographs. We concluded that violence-oriented tropes and aesthetics prevailed over other possible and more comprehensive representations. Finally, we aim to contribute to the debate on the responsibility of photojournalism as a historical archive, highlighting the importance of visuality in the construction of collective memory.
Photojournalism; World Press Photo; "Parade of Sovereignties"; Self-Assessment Manikin Test; Memory