Paper short abstract:

In Patagonia Argentina, between 1944 and 1955, a military government was installed and the state made a photographic record about its work. In this article we approach the popular identities in that process considering the photographs as our main source of inquiry.

Paper long abstract:

In the central region of Patagonia Argentina, between 1944 and 1955, a Military Government was installed. During this period, with the purpose of protecting the national oil and maintaining social order, the government developed specific policies within them a photographic collection. Those images focus in topics such as building construction, inaugurations, celebrations of national holidays, sporting events, aerial photographs, etc.

In this paper we are concerned with the sense of these images attending to the process of the Military Government around the popular identities during Peronism. From the Laclau's Hegemony Theory and Rancière's contributions we focus on considering the new political subjects.

Considering the pictures as our main source of inquiry allow us to ponder the photographic support and build tensions that guide the analysis around the process of the Military Government in Comodoro Rivadavia. Until this moment, the collection involved can be considered the only official source since the documents of the eleven years of military administration are not available