La revolución sandinista en imágenes. El episodio de la toma del búnker de Somoza en la lente de Pedro Valtierra. Nicaragua, 1979

oleh: Mónica Morales Flores

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2012-06-01

Deskripsi

The capture of the bunker (July, 1979) marked the end of Anastasio Somoza’s dictatorship and the victory of the Sandinista Revolution. A set of images of this fact, recorded by Pedro Valtierra, was published by the Mexican newspaper unomásuno. This paper analyzes how thess photographic images were diffused, comparing oral testimonies, newspaper and photography archives.