Os documentos fotográficos na perspectiva Teórico-metodológica da Diplomática um estudo da Fundação Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Observing the statusused for photographs in archives today, since the recognition of their character as an archival document, their differencesin organization, packaging and availability for access, it is evident the need to deepen the discussions about these documents in the archival scope. For this reason, it is proposed to discuss photography and its nuances, envisioning its documentary and, consequently, archival nature, from its production context and the theoretical-methodological perspective that diplomatic analysis offers as a valid tool to understand it while result of an action registered in the contemporary world, that is, a document. For that, the methodology applied was the case study, being the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Foundation the research universe. It is concluded that, more than applying diplomatic criticism to photographic documents, it is necessary to reflect on the production of images as documents, as well as their characteristics and their condition of production, that is, their context.