El fotoperiodismo de guerra : reflexiones sobre el conflicto y la violencia en el documental “El Testigo” de Jesús Abad Colorado
Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios
La presente monografía explora el trabajo fotográfico del colombiano Jesús Abad Colorado, Comunicador Social - Periodista egresado de la Universidad de Antioquia, que se ha caracterizado por retratar los diferentes momentos y situaciones del conflicto armado en Colombia, especialmente desde la perspectiva y vivencia de las víctimas. Esta investigación está centrada en una metodología de corte fenomenológico de tipo cualitativa con enfoque exploratorio puesto que en este proyecto se presenta un análisis de las imágenes derivadas del documental El testigo(2018) y las distintas entrevistas emprendidas con diferentes expertos de la fotografía, el conflicto armado en Colombia y la reparación de víctimas, estos entrevistados proporcionaron diferentes perspectivas y opiniones sobre el trabajo de Jesús Abad Colorado, desde una mirada artística y periodística contribuyeron a reflexionar acerca del rol de la fotografía y el quehacer del fotoperiodismo en la creación de imaginarios colectivos que se derivan gracias a la visualización de los distintos hechos de violencia que ha dejado el conflicto armado y que en dichas fotografías se han plasmado, teniendo en cuenta un contexto en donde el conflicto armado se ha generalizado y normalizado a través de los años.
This monograph explores the photographic work of the Colombian Jesús Abad Colorado, a Social Communicator and Journalist graduated form the University of Antioquia, who has been characterized by portraying the different moments and situations of the armed conflict in Colombia, especially from the perspective and experience of the victims. This research It is necessary to emphasize that this research will be focused on a qualitative phenomenological methodology with an exploratory approach, since throughout this project an analysis will be made based on the derived images exposed in the documentary El witness (2018) and the different interviews undertaken with different experts in photography, the armed conflict in Colombia and the reparation of victims such as: Santiago Andrés Agudelo Zapata, a student in the last semester of Advertising Graphic Communication at the University of Medellín; Javier Villamil, Professional photographer, who has a work and personal approach with Jesús Abad; Sara Garcia Jaramillo, Leader of the Construction and Content Circulation area of the Casa de la Memoria Museum; Luis Humberto Arboleda, Historian and Verónica Mejia Acevedo, who is part of the curatorship and museography team of the Museo Casa de la Memoria, this with the aim of reflecting on the role of photography and the work of photojournalism in the creation of collective imaginaries that are derived thanks to the visualization of the different acts of violence that the armed conflict has left and that have been captured in said photographs, taking into account a context in which the armed conflict has become generalized and normalized over the years.
This monograph explores the photographic work of the Colombian Jesús Abad Colorado, a Social Communicator and Journalist graduated form the University of Antioquia, who has been characterized by portraying the different moments and situations of the armed conflict in Colombia, especially from the perspective and experience of the victims. This research It is necessary to emphasize that this research will be focused on a qualitative phenomenological methodology with an exploratory approach, since throughout this project an analysis will be made based on the derived images exposed in the documentary El witness (2018) and the different interviews undertaken with different experts in photography, the armed conflict in Colombia and the reparation of victims such as: Santiago Andrés Agudelo Zapata, a student in the last semester of Advertising Graphic Communication at the University of Medellín; Javier Villamil, Professional photographer, who has a work and personal approach with Jesús Abad; Sara Garcia Jaramillo, Leader of the Construction and Content Circulation area of the Casa de la Memoria Museum; Luis Humberto Arboleda, Historian and Verónica Mejia Acevedo, who is part of the curatorship and museography team of the Museo Casa de la Memoria, this with the aim of reflecting on the role of photography and the work of photojournalism in the creation of collective imaginaries that are derived thanks to the visualization of the different acts of violence that the armed conflict has left and that have been captured in said photographs, taking into account a context in which the armed conflict has become generalized and normalized over the years.
Analizar el fotoperiodismo como representación de violencia en Colombia a través de la mirada del fotógrafo Jesús Abad Colorado durante el periodo de violencia de 1992 hasta 2018, a partir del documental El testigo (2018).
Fotoperiodismo, Conflicto armado, Representaciones de guerra, Jesús Abad Colorado, Colombia
Mira Pulgarín, J. y Rincón Fernández, S. (2020). El fotoperiodismo de guerra: reflexiones sobre el conflicto y la violencia en el documental “El Testigo” de Jesús Abad Colorado. [Trabajo de grado, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de dios]. Repositorio institucional UNIMINUTO.