Fotografía artística como medio de concientización social: mendicidad en la ciudad de Machala

Abstract

The present investigation projects a problem nowadays, in which begging has been marked since much earlier today and in turn giving way to art to take as a source of inspiration, thus being able to capture its reality, through art as a means of representation to question society, where it reflects reality through an artistic photographic project. The research project has as a critical - reflective result in which photography is involved as a means of artistic expression and at the same time it is a tool as a means of use to show the problem of begging in the city of Machala, where there are more affected being the cause of politicians, governments of the day and the new pandemic. Of which it reflects the decline of people who live on the streets consumed in desolation, consumption of psychotropic substances or even the abandonment of their relatives, who often abandon, to this is also added terminal or mental illnesses of which for they are difficult to care or maintain. The objective of this research is to raise awareness in the viewer and generate criticism of what has happened in difficult times in which we live, also in selfishness that surrounds us at the time of directing our gaze towards these people in a state of begging, of In this way, you can focus on the problem that has been dragging on for a long time. In chapters I and II, an investigation will be evidenced in which the topic of begging is covered through photographic art and in turn to artists who represented these characters to which they took photography as a means of evidence and in turn capture the sadness, of which achieving an awareness of humanity of what the passage of time has left with its policies, false promises towards them and different types of adversity. Chapter III shows the realization of the photographic process from the search for each of these street dwellers, in which their selection will also be shown, then the culmination of the publication of the work will be carried out for its final presentation, which also reflects the edition of the pre - production, production and post - production of the same. To conclude in chapter IV, the objective has been achieved from the elaboration of the problem in general, in this way it will be presented by public means, from which the favorable result will be visualized as well as the negative ones, at the same time to the dissemination of the work photographic so that in this way the viewer can interact with the work and understand the artist's expression through the work. In conclusion, publications will be made on several websites for the correct elaboration of reflection towards citizens, thus, in this way, being able to monopolize favorable comments of course, despite the time that this problem has elapsed, which has been going on for a long time.