Historia de vida y estrategia de supervivencia de un fotógrafo profesional republicano en la Murcia de posguerra

Abstract

En este artículo se analiza la historia de vida de un Teniente de Transmisiones republicano que, finalizada la guerra civil española y después de regresar de un campo de internamiento en el sur de Francia, se reincorporó a la sociedad murciana ejerciendo la profesión de fotógrafo. Se interpretan distintos fragmentos de entrevistas con este individuo, proponiéndose la existencia de dos perfiles complementarios: en primer lugar, años previos y de guerra civil, y en segundo lugar periodo de pos- guerra. Para el análisis de esta segunda etapa se utiliza el concepto de homo patiens, un arquetipo de sujeto surgido del aparato político del régimen franquista. Se propone que este individuo utilizaría su profesión como medio de ruptura con los preceptos de aquel homo patiens, valiéndose de sus aptitu- des técnicas, perfeccionadas durante el periodo de guerra, y de habilidades sociales que le permitieron relacionarse en un contexto que en principio no le era favorable.

We analyze the life history of a Republican Lieutenant who, after taking part in the Spanish Civil War and his imprisonment in a concentration camp in the South of France, returns to Murcia and works as a professional photographer. We study an extensive interview with him and propose the existence of two complementary profiles: before and during the Civil War, and the post-war period. For this second period we rely on the concept of homo patiens, an archetype referred to the subject emerged from the Spanish political apparatus. We understand that this subject would use his profession –aptitudes and social skills– as a survival strategy in this particular context.

We analyze the life history of a Republican Lieutenant who, after taking part in the Spanish Civil War and his imprisonment in a concentration camp in the South of France, returns to Murcia and works as a professional photographer. We study an extensive interview with him and propose the existence of two complementary profiles: before and during the Civil War, and the post-war period. For this second period we rely on the concept of homo patiens, an archetype referred to the subject emerged from the Spanish political apparatus. We understand that this subject would use his profession –aptitudes and social skills– as a survival strategy in this particular context.