Arquivo de documentos fotográficos

Abstract

The present study had as main focus the preservation of photographic records. The main objective was to outline the ways in which photography can be used as a record as well as an archived document. The method used was the search in bibliographic sources in articles and books accessible in the Brapci Repository (Reference Database of Journal Articles in Information Science). Based on the results and discussions it can be concluded that the archive can be defined in different ways as documents created and accumulated by a group of people, be it private or public family, or otherwise as part of their attributions regardless of the source of support, institutions or services whose function is the custody, treatment, conservation and access to documents institutions that house files and furniture for storing documents. The document is considered as a record of information, independent of the medium. This definition encompasses all forms of transmitting information, such as books, magazines, films, maps, discs, medals, among others, that is, the document is the testimony of human activities in a durable support that contains information. It was concluded with this study that photography can be recognized as a source of information, capable of being legally presented as documentary evidence, however, it needs adequate storage and also be classified for recovery purposes for interested users.