Roland Barthes

"Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, these 'reflections on photography' begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind."--Alibris.

Reflections on Photography

Camera Lucida

incredibly refreshing read. so many underlines and dog-eared pages and starred passages to revisit. kept me endlessly curious and wanting for more. i think i missed intellectual stimulation by choice (read: choosing what i read). 

trains are for books, and music, and the occasional language lesson again! 

aisha

incredibly refreshing read. so many underlines and dog-eared pages and starred passages to revisit. kept me endlessly curious and wanting for more. i think i missed intellectual stimulation by choice (read: choosing what i read). 

trains are for books, and music, and the occasional language lesson again! 

So many gems in here. I finally got around to reading it all the way through… definitely going to carry this with me for many years to come.

imago lucis opera expressa: “which is to say: image revealed, ‘extracted,’ ‘mounted,’ ‘expressed’ (like the juice of a lemon) by the action of light.”

Annie Millman

So many gems in here. I finally got around to reading it all the way through… definitely going to carry this with me for many years to come.

imago lucis opera expressa: “which is to say: image revealed, ‘extracted,’ ‘mounted,’ ‘expressed’ (like the juice of a lemon) by the action of light.”

Compelling account about the role of Photography in or as art.

A graceful, contemplative volume, Camera Lucida was first published in 1979. Commenting on artists such as Avedon, Clifford, Mapplethorpe, and Nadar, Roland Barthes presents photography as being outside the codes of language or culture, acting on the body as much as on the mind, and rendering death and loss more acutely than any other medium. This groundbreaking approach established Camera Lucida as one of the most important books of theory on the subject, along with Susan Sontag's On Photography.

marlisa

Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, these 'reflections on photography' begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind.

Camera Lucida Reflections on Photography

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