The International Activity of Photographic Societies: The International Salon Royal Photographic Society of Saragossa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/aris.90277
Keywords: History of photography, photographic societies, Royal Photographic Society of Saragossa, international salons
Agencies: This research has been supported by the Observatorio Aragonés de Arte en la Esfera Pública (OAAEP), a research group of the University of Zaragoza, financed by the Government of Aragón with FEDER funds (Reference code H18-20R). It was also born within the framework of the research on contemporary photography at the Jalón Ángel Archive (San Jorge University) and is supported by it.

Abstract

Photographic societies have been places of meeting and learning for both amateur and professional photographers. We find these meetings organised all over the world since the middle of the 19th century. In Spain, the first one was founded in Madrid in 1899, and little by little they appeared in the rest of the country. One of them, that of Zaragoza, was born in 1922 and is one of the most outstanding on the national scene. Not only because of its early birth, but also because of the importance of its international salons, which were the only ones that remained active during the Civil War and the World Wars. In the year of its centenary celebrations (2022 and 2023) we carried out an investigation into the importance of its international salons for the formation of the photographic eye of its members and the public, where they could see the work of great international photographers and learn about foreign trends.

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Pilar Irala-Hortal, Universidad San Jorge

Soy Doctora en Historia del Arte y Musicología, y Doctora en Comunicación. Mi área de investigación se centra en la fotografía y la comunicación visual. Mis principales líneas de investigación son: a) las relaciones entre la fotografía, el periodismo, la retórica visual, la narrativa visual y las nuevas tecnologías, b) la fotografía contemporánea, c) el patrimonio histórico-fotográfico. Soy miembro del grupo de investigación consolidado Observatorio Aragonés de Arte en la Esfera Pública (OAAEP). Soy la Directora del Archivo Fotográfico Jalón Ángel, que ha recibido varias ayudas públicas de competencia nacional (www.jalonangel.com). He realizado estancias de investigación en el Kunshistoriche Institut (Florencia, 2001-2002), la Universitá degli Studi di Firenze (Florencia, 2001-2002) y el European Institute de la London School of Economics and Political Science con Paul Preston (2002-2003). He recibido varias becas predoctorales, entre las que se encuentra la FPU del MECD (2001-2005), y la ayuda postdoctoral “José Castillejo” para la promoción del talento (MECD), para realizar una estancia de investigación de cuatro meses en el Centre for Visual Studies de la Universidad de Sheffield (2015-2016). Soy miembro de la Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación, de la Asociación Internacional de Críticos de Arte y de sus capítulos español y aragonés. Además, soy fotógrafa de la Confederación Española de Fotografía y de la Federación Internacional del Arte Fotográfico. Estoy acreditada como profesora Titular; Contratada Doctora; Profesora de Universidad Privada; Ayudante Doctor y Colaboradora por la Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA). Tengo reconocido un sexenio por la Comisión Nacional Evaluadora de la Actividad Investigadora (CNEAI).

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Published
2024-01-31
How to Cite
Irala-Hortal P. (2024). The International Activity of Photographic Societies: The International Salon Royal Photographic Society of Saragossa. Arte, Individuo y Sociedad, 36(1), 133-144. https://doi.org/10.5209/aris.90277
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Vol. 36 No. 1 (2024)
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