The family album is an ideal instrument of social representation. The personal and the collective merge. Photographs reveal the collective imaginary of an era conditioning its understanding as a historical source.
The following photographs are from my grandmother’s family album, mostly taken by my grandfather, Luis Alonso, who worked as a photographer at that time.
El álbum familiar
The family album is an ideal instrument of social representation. The personal and the collective merge. Photographs reveal the collective imaginary of an era conditioning its understanding as a historical source.
The following photographs are from my grandmother’s family album, mostly taken by my grandfather, Luis Alonso, who worked as a photographer at that time.
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“De Cibeles a Nuevos Ministerios estaba el paseo de la Castellana. De Nuevos Ministerios a Plaza Castilla era campo. Aquí alquilaba las bicis con mis amigas.”
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“Él criaba canarios para venderlos. Su casa estaba llena de jaulas. Vivían en la calle Tres Peces en Lavapiés, en el nº4. Además hacían cigarrillos en casa para venderlos por unidades. Así se sacaban un dinero.”
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“Aquí estoy con mis hermanos en el Paseo del Prado. Entre por Atocha y Neptuno.”
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“Se llevaba a los niños aquí para que la Virgen de la Paloma les diera Salud.”
