This article aims to situate the location of imagery research according to Pierre Bourdieu's reflexive sociology and anthropology. To this end, we consider the relationship between theory, practice ...and photographic strategies based on the notion of photo-ethnography, taking as support the experiences of this French social scientist in colonial Algeria and the province of Bearn. Navigating between a visual anthropology and the sociology of the image, the study of Pierre Bourdieu's imagery production enables important epistemic reflections on the social constraints of research in contexts of extraordinariness, the issue of the plurality of the researcher's roles, and the importance of the look that, although theoretically trained, one cannot deprive oneself of subjective and objective experiences in the field. In addition to his main works, specialists and commentators of Pierre Bourdieu were used as reference, from which we highlight Wacquant (2006), Yacine (2004), among others. Keywords Pierre Bourdieu, Photo-Ethnography, Anthropology, Sociology O presente artigo visa situar o local da pesquisa imagetica segundo a sociologia e antropologia reflexivas de Pierre Bourdieu. Para tanto, consideramos a relacao entre teoria, pratica e estrategias fotograficas a partir da nocao de fotoetnografia, tomando como suporte as experiencias desse cientista social frances na Argelia colonial e provincia do Bearn. Transitando entre uma antropologia visual e a sociologia da imagem, o estudo da producao imagetica de Pierre Bourdieu possibilita importantes reflexoes epistemicas sobre os condicionantes sociais da pesquisa em contextos de extraordinariedade, a questao da pluralidade dos papeis do pesquisador e a importancia do olhar que, embora teoricamente treinado, nao se pode privar das experiencias subjetivas e objetivas no campo. Alem de suas principais obras, foram utilizados especialistas e comentadores de Pierre Bourdieu, entre os quais destacamos Loic Wacquant, Tassadit Yacine, entre outros. Palavras-chave Pierre Bourdieu, fotoetnografia, antropologia, sociologia.
Following on from two guest edited themed issues, Vol 16.3 offers a photo essay and seven individually submitted articles that between them encompass a wide range of themes, from more theoretical ...concerns with methods in photo-criticism, photobooks, alternative documentary strategies, and comparison of approaches within photo education, to the gothic and the surreal in art photography, and a photo-essay seated in environmentalist concerns. Together they indicate something of the breadth of critical research that currently characterises the field of photographic theory and practice.
