Photography and Science. Photography in Social Sciences and Humanities research in Mexico

The intention of this article is to establish the context in which a field of scientific studies has emerged around photography in the disciplines of Social Sciences and Humanities in Mexico. First, I present a general overview of the beginnings of photography's relationship with the Social Sciences and Humanities in Mexico, to then detail how some consolidation and diversification processes were gestated and how the lines of research that converge in the use have been configured of photography in these areas, as well as in the search for legitimacy through various actions carried out by researchers who have used photography in several Mexican academic institutions.