Family Photography as a Construction of Memory and Identity

This article investigates the role of family photography in the preservation of individual and collective memory and in the construction of identity. From the researcher's personal trajectory and the analysis of images from the historical collection of Maringá, it seeks to understand how photographs transcend the visual record, becoming cultural artifacts that connect the past to the present. Dialoguing with authors such as Sontag, Hall, Bate, Didi-Huberman and Hirsch, it is demonstrated how these images build narratives of belonging, identity and memory, both in the private sphere and in the collective history of the city.