New views about the artistic creation of Carlos Foresti

Abstract

This article describes and analyzes the artistic work developed in Patagonian territory, and particulary in Magallanes, by the Italian photographer Carlos Foresti, carried out fundamentally at the beginning of the 20th century, character that took care to portray in a detailed way the economic activities and of these territories. It is hypothesized that his work has been scarcely valued, according to his relationship with the circles of economic power, represented by the livestock, commercial and cabotage companies. The sources used correspond to a series of photographic albums, magazines and pictorial works, which have been found in documentary repositories of Argentina (Trelew) and Chile (Santiago, Punta Arenas).