a atualidade da imagem e a imagem da atualidade

In this article, we show that if Louis Lumière, heir of the impressionists, considered the cinematograph as a privileged instrument of the movements of nature and men, that very cinematograph, by its quality of presence and capacity of authentic images projection of registered life instants, quickly attracted the attention of public personalities, who saw in the cinematograph not only an instrument to propagate their image, but also an exceptional means to defend and illustrate their points of view.