La importancia de llamarse Aylan. Fotografía y activismo en tiempos hiperconectados
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Universitat de València
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ISSN: 2386-8449
Año de publicación: 2018
Título del ejemplar: Número 5
Número: 5
Páginas: 117-132
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Laocoonte : revista de estética y teoría de las artes
Resumen
Abstract: On 3 September 2015, many media outlets were dawning with some images taken of a Syrian boy killed on Turkish beaches trying to flee a country at war. The portrait of the child in question, Aylan Kurdi, in the foreground with his face half hidden in the sand, was transformed by the popular outcry into a small tribute or a scathing criticism of Europe's work in the conflict. For a while, it seemed like the course could change. This text, based on the relationship between photography and war, explores why this representation, and not others, became an iconic image of the Syrian conflict. Keywords: Photography, war, Syria, Aylan Kurdi, viral image