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witnesses of the
truth
Visual memory of political
violence
Cultural Center of the Pontifical
Catholic University of Perú
October 10 - 12, 2002
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PRESS RELEASE 139
WITNESSES OF THE TRUTH PHOTO REPORTING ROUNDTABLE ON
Truth Commission will listen to photo
reporters and journalists
Witnessed of the Truth. Visual memory of political violence
is the name of the roundtables organized by the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission starting October 10 at the Catholic
University’s Cultural Center. The event will be open
for three days and seeks to create a forum for reflection
and debate about the role of photo reporting in times of
political violence, and to underscore the importance of preserving
a collective visual memory based on the images created by
photo reporters during those times.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has received the
mandate to investigate the acts of violence that took place
in Peru in the last 20 years. To fulfill its mandate the
Commission has appealed to the recollections of thousands
of Peruvians who suffered the consequences of this violence
in the raw but also to those who somehow became witnesses
of what was happening. Journalists and in particular photo
reporters are part of such vast group of witnesses. Their
photographs are valuable documents that will give the Commission
a tool to know the true impact of violence in Peru.
Renowned
photo reporters, journalists and social science experts
will take part in the debates and will share their
experience in covering violence in the last two decades.
Banco de Imágenes Virtual
At this event the
Truth and Reconciliation Comisión
will also unveil the Virtual Images bank it has created as
part of its own photo project. To create it, the Commission
examined and sorted the most representative photos in 80
media, private and institutional archives.
The Virtual Image
Bank included 1500 photos depicting the political violence
Peru went through between 1980 and 2000.
The photos will be available to civil society once the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission concludes its mandate.
October 9, 2002
Communications and Public Impact Office
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