witnesses of the truth Visual memory of political violence Cultural Center of the Pontifical Catholic University of Perú October 10 - 12, 2002

SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 10th
5 to 8 p.m.
Opening words

Salomón Lerner, PHD, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chairman

PHOTO JOURNALISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE

• Photo Journalism and Ethics in Situations of Political Violence Jaime Razuri, photographer, France Press Agency
• The Violence Photography Market in the International Media Ana Cecilia Gonzales- Vigil, Publications Photography Head, el Comercio newspaper.
• Photography as a Commitment to Life in Conditions of Political Violence Alejandro Coronado, Ayacucho photographer, Vera Lentz, Free lance photographer

Friday, October 11th,
5 to 8 p.m.
RECOVERING OUR VISUAL MEMORY (1980 -2000):
PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE AS AN OBJECT/ REALITY

• Visual memory and history, Jorge Bracamonte, Executive Director, Network for Social Science Development
• Visual Capture of Horror, Jorge Bruce , psychoanalyst
• The Photography as a Source of Memory: the Caretas experience, Marco Zileri, Editor and Chief, Caretas Magazine
• Photographic work: a Personal Way of Reading of Reality, Herman Schwarz, Head Photographer, El Comercio daily.

Saturday, October 12th
10 am to 2 pm
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENT AS EVIDENCE OF VIOLENCE

• The Right to Intimacy. Limits, Public Facts and History, José Perla Anaya, Chair of the Peruvian Institute of Communication Law
• The Value of the Visual Document as Proof of Reality, Jorge Villacorta, independent curator

PHOTOGRAPHY AS A RESEARCH TOOL: WILLY RETTO’S IMAGES IN THE UCHURACCAY CASE
Oscar Retto, photographer, La Republica newspaper

• The Role of the Photojournalist during the 80s: the Chilean Experience, Héctor López, independent photographer, Santiago de Chile

PRESENTATION OF THE IMAGE BANK SPONSORED BY THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
Rolando Ames, Commissionaire
Mayu Mohanna, Head of the CVR Photographic Project

A report on the progress made in researching 80 photographic private and institutional press media carried out by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The project’s goal is to make available to civil society a virtual bank comprising 1500 images illustrating the period of political violence in Peru from 1980 to 2000.