Do Photo-Club Helios ao DECIFOTOS: memória e patrimônio em Porto Alegre no século XX.

Abstract

In 1907 he founded the Photo-Club Helios, by German immigrants and descendants gathered in the so-called Turnerbund, the current Sociedade de Ginástica Porto Alegre, 1867 - SOGIPA. The Photo-Club Helios existed officially until 1949, when it ended the period of interruption of its activities, has started in 1942 during the Second World War and after, succeeded by the Departamento Fotográfico da SOGIPA, 1949, and who later went to be called DECIFOTOS (Departamento Cine-Fotográfico da SOGIPA). This pioneering study presents part of the work of these groups of amateur photographers, from research in documentary sources of the Collection of the Memorial SOGIPA. The work retrieves the actions of management and cultural production undertaken on the Collection and lets us know the history of those photography enthusiasts, inserted in an active circuit of the visual culture of the city and the world. By elucidating historical aspects and analyze the relations of sociability from memory and heritage, the research contributes to the history, theory and criticism of photography in Brazil.