L’Amazonie depuis la pénombre. Au sujet de trois séries photographiques de Musuk Nolte

Claiming that his activity unfolds between documentary and art, and stating that he works “from the shadows” within an aesthetic of interstice, Peruvian photographer Musuk Nolte (Mexico City, 1988) is one of the few of his generation to be equally successful in these two fields of photography. This...

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Main Author: Morgana Herrera
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Published: Institut des Amériques
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description Claiming that his activity unfolds between documentary and art, and stating that he works “from the shadows” within an aesthetic of interstice, Peruvian photographer Musuk Nolte (Mexico City, 1988) is one of the few of his generation to be equally successful in these two fields of photography. This aesthetic is particularly well featured in his photographs of Amazonia, whether they document illegal logging, the conditions of a psychiatric hospital or the effects of shamanistic rituals. This article seeks to establish how Nolte adopts this position in order to reveal what is still invisible in a space that has been abundantly photographed and that has spurred various topical imaginaries. One of his strategies is to go against a contemporary trend that focuses on a flashy “tropicality” of the rainforest and against a historical trend that cultivates the “taste for otherness”.
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spelling doaj.art-72a82650dab94b59bb9adec8d75636412024-02-15T13:54:04ZengInstitut des AmériquesIdeAs1950-57011310.4000/ideas.4749L’Amazonie depuis la pénombre. Au sujet de trois séries photographiques de Musuk NolteMorgana HerreraClaiming that his activity unfolds between documentary and art, and stating that he works “from the shadows” within an aesthetic of interstice, Peruvian photographer Musuk Nolte (Mexico City, 1988) is one of the few of his generation to be equally successful in these two fields of photography. This aesthetic is particularly well featured in his photographs of Amazonia, whether they document illegal logging, the conditions of a psychiatric hospital or the effects of shamanistic rituals. This article seeks to establish how Nolte adopts this position in order to reveal what is still invisible in a space that has been abundantly photographed and that has spurred various topical imaginaries. One of his strategies is to go against a contemporary trend that focuses on a flashy “tropicality” of the rainforest and against a historical trend that cultivates the “taste for otherness”.https://journals.openedition.org/ideas/4749photographydocumentaryPeruMusuk NolteAmazonia
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title L’Amazonie depuis la pénombre. Au sujet de trois séries photographiques de Musuk Nolte
title_full L’Amazonie depuis la pénombre. Au sujet de trois séries photographiques de Musuk Nolte
title_fullStr L’Amazonie depuis la pénombre. Au sujet de trois séries photographiques de Musuk Nolte
title_full_unstemmed L’Amazonie depuis la pénombre. Au sujet de trois séries photographiques de Musuk Nolte
title_short L’Amazonie depuis la pénombre. Au sujet de trois séries photographiques de Musuk Nolte
title_sort l amazonie depuis la penombre au sujet de trois series photographiques de musuk nolte
topic photography
documentary
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url https://journals.openedition.org/ideas/4749
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