Objective:

Describe the spaces where nursing care practices are practiced in Boyacá (Colombia).

Methods:

Through an iconographic study with panofskian analysis to 20 photographs voluntarily provided by the owners or their custodians.

Results:

The strength of the symbolic in the spaces of intramural care is evidenced and how meanings are elaborated in spaces in which the presence of the professional is frequent but not represented mostly.

Conclusions:

The analysis of the photographs allowed us to recognize the spaces of practice, although it is necessary to learn to use photography to document care in such a way that it enriches not the professional image and allows broader analyses of what we want to establish in the professional and social memory about nursing.