The article explores the work of well-known Colombian photojournalist Jesús Abad Colorado, who has distinguished himself by registering the different faces and traces of the armed conflict in Colombia, especially in the perspective of the victims, in dialogue with the philosopher and essayist Susan Sontag. In this dialogue, the representation regimes which narrate, from the image, contemporary armed conflicts are explored. To do so, this article reflects on the role of photography in the memory of contemporary societies and its influence on the narratives of war, of the victims and combatants, in a world where armed conflicts and their globalized images are part of the daily existence of societies.