Modernity and the archival photograph in retrospect
- Autores: George Thomas Kapelos
- Localización: La modernidad marítima: arquitecturas e infraestructuras del paisaje litoral, 1925-1975 : Actas XIII Congreso Docomomo Ibérico ,A Coruña, 22-26 de octubre de 2025 / coord. por Fundación Docomomo ibérico, 2025, ISBN 978-84-09-77104-2, págs. 494-503
- Idioma: inglés
- Títulos paralelos:
- La modernidad y la fotografía de archivo en retrospectiva
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Resumen
This paper is a retrospective view of archival photographs taken in by the author in 1975 depicting thearchitecture found in fishing villages along the North Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Originally,photographs were taken to document the remnants of outport architecture and the decline of the inshorecod fishery. A half century later, the photographer–author considers ways in which these photographs revealaspects of modernity. Focusing on theories of the tectonic and place, the paper challenges the concept ofa static and formal modernity. These themes are presented as a provocation of conventional explorationsof the modern that focus on style, practice and architectural genius. Consequently, the author argues thata close examination of evidence presented in the photographs and discovered in their detailed scrutinyreveals a modernity otherwise overlooked.
