The importance of the photographic collection conservation for the Geography: understanding the present looking at the past

Abstract

This study has for objective to detach the importance of the use of pictures in geographical studies and the preservation of collections of old images. Presenting, as example, an analysis of the agricultural expansion in the municipal districts of Jataí and Serranópolis, in the state of Goiás, Brazil. For that data of planted area and agricultural production were picked up in the two municipal districts; research accomplishment to field in the historical museums of those municipal districts for gathering pictures and news in newspapers and old magazines. Thereupon it was made an analysis of the agricultural data correlated with the images in news of newspapers and old magazines. The results showed as the pictures, whether individual or in news sections, they can help to understand the processes of changes in agricultural activities. Beyond showing the importance of the conservation and the use of pictures for geographical studies.