From Paris to Madrid. Woman and photography times of cultural frenchification (1850-1870)

Abstract

Although the work of French photographers establishing the medium Spain has been more than recognized, their women photographers’ fellow, who were already circulating the country the mid-19th century, did not have the same fate. The purpose of this article is multiple. On the one hand, we want to vindicate the role of these women in the implantation of photography in Spain, highlighting their influence on the acceptation of the profession of "women photographer", something that would end up favouring them a free access to the camera. Secondly, we will point out how the formal evolution of the medium was mediated by the remarkable interest of French culture of Spanish women, and how this phenomenon propelled photography to the category of expressive medium, assuming a true revolution in the daily life of the female sex

Keywords

• mujer y fotografía
• fotógrafas
• siglo xix
• estudios de género
• afrancesamiento