Abstract This article focuses on the early careers of Margarita Montealegre and Claudia Gordillo, both of whom produced substantial photographic documentation of Nicaragua during the Sandinista Revolution (1978–1990). Working around the ideological strictures of that moment, I propose reading their work against inherited notions on how political imagery should operate in a revolutionary context. Rejecting the demand for sensationalist images, Montealegre and Gordillo turned their gaze toward fellow citizens, using the camera as a means to observe Nicaraguan society up-close. Aesthetically and politically, each pursued different, yet intersecting directions in their work, exploring how revolutionary ideals, and social change intertwined. The Revolution marked a moment of profound historic change, whereby identities were shaped and political imaginaries formed in ways that remain consequential to date. Revisiting these photographers’ archives now, across the span of four decades, reveals previously overlooked contingent details and an ample range of interpretative possibilities.

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女性作品：桑地诺革命的摄影师

摘要 本文重点介绍 Margarita Montealegre 和 Claudia Gordillo 的早期职业生涯，他们在桑地诺革命 (1978–1990) 期间制作了大量关于尼加拉瓜的摄影文献。围绕那一刻的意识形态限制，我建议阅读他们的作品，反对关于政治意象如何在革命背景下运作的继承观念。Montealegre 和 Gordillo 拒绝对耸人听闻的图像的需求，将目光转向同胞，用相机作为近距离观察尼加拉瓜社会的手段。在美学和政治上，每个人都在他们的工作中追求不同但交叉的方向，探索革命理想和社会变革如何交织在一起。革命标志着深刻的历史变革的时刻，身份的形成和政治想象的形成方式至今仍具有重要意义。现在重新审视这些摄影师跨越四个十年的档案，揭示了以前被忽视的偶然细节和丰富的解释可能性。