ABSTRACT
The rough and colossal geology of the highlands and the arguably archaic character of its inhabitants are perhaps the most recurrent subjects of images produced throughout the Andean region since the late nineteenth century. This chapter examines the role that mechanical and, more recently, digital visual technologies such as photography, film and video, have played in producing and massively circulating specific imagery of the Andes for over one century and a half. In doing so, I explore how images contribute to creating specific senses of region and to nourishing, while often contesting, nationalist projects and ideas about indigeneity within such projects.
