Fotografía histórica y contemporánea herramientas para la valoración del patrimonio caso de estudio: El Barranco Cuenca-Ecuador

Abstract

The use of historical photography as a testimonial visual tool in historical subjects has been regarded as a secondary element. Architects, historians, researchers and others have used it in a provisional plane function, used for illustration or complementation of literary documents, which have made them lose their prominence.

Therefore this research aims to corroborate that historical images are an indispensable tool for the reconstruction of heritage values and historical memory of a community, being eyewitnesses of past realities. They work as a tool because through it you can recognize different values to recover, conserve or maintain heritage, it helps as a supplement of historical information in a more agile way with which you can build part of history, apprehending heritage values and highlight the testimonial power that have images.

This paper will address the potential of photographs by contemporary theories of asset valuation, preparing a catalog raisonné for a re- assessment heritage buildings and urban sections of the sector El Barranco in Cuenca city.