The Photographer Who Saw the Brutality and the Fragility of Authoritarianism | The New Yorker

The Photographer Who Saw the Brutality and the Fragility of Authoritarianism

The Photographer Who Saw the Brutality and the Fragility of Authoritarianism

Fifty years ago, Augusto Pinochet staged a violent coup in Chile. Evandro Teixeira went to the capital and captured startling images of soldiers, protesters, and the funeral procession of Pablo Neruda.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-photographer-who-saw-the-brutality-and-the-fragility-of-authoritarianism

Teixeira’s photos in Chile are the main subject of a retrospective at the Instituto Moreira Salles, in São Paulo, from March to July. They provide haunting depictions of the aftermath of a military coup, when quotidian life is assaulted by a new regime that has claimed for itself a right to extrajudicial violence. I recently met Teixeira at the institute’s offices in Rio de Janeiro, along with the organizers of the upcoming exhibition. Teixeira is burly, and spoke with a raspy drawl, partly a result of age and partly from a recent battle with covid. He described his Santiago trip with a mix of gravity and mischievousness that seemed typical of not only his personality but his style.

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