Sandinista Testimonies (Volume II)

The fall of Somoza did not conclude history: it inaugurated the difficult construction of a new power. Meyer photographs the first decrees, the Sandinista leaders, the vestiges of the old regime, and its prisoners. Amidst weapons, crowds, and everyday scenes, revolutionary euphoria coexists with mourning and uncertainty. With an essay by Néstor García Canclini, the volume asks what a photograph can reveal when the revolution begins to transform into history.