Bolivia: Traitorous Physiognomy: Photography And The Racialization Of Bolivian Indians By The ...

Bolivia: Traitorous Physiognomy: Photography And The Racialization Of Bolivian Indians By The Créqui-Montfort Expedition (1903) Gabriela Zamorano, 2011   In 1903, the Créqui-Montfort French Expedition visited Bolivia and its borders to study the local population. The expedition transported cameras, photographic instruments, and a photographic system borrowed from the Bertillon criminal identification method in order to produce and collect picturesque and metric portraits of indigenous...

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