The fall of Somoza did not conclude the story: it inaugurated the difficult construction of a new power. Meyer photographs the first decrees, the Sandinista leaders, the remnants of the old regime, and its prisoners.

Among 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 revolution begins to transform into history.