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Camera Lucida

Reflections on Photography
By Roland Barthes
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Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes is an insightful exploration into the nature of photography and its impact on human experience. Barthes delves into the emotional and philosophical connections we form with photographs, examining photography's ability to capture reality and evoke memory. His reflections are both deeply personal and intellectually stimulating, offering readers a profound understanding of the art form.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a keen interest in photography and its philosophical implications. It delves into the emotional impact of photographs, explores themes of memory and mourning, and invites readers to reflect on the nature of images and their significance. Ideal for those intrigued by semiotics and the work of Roland Barthes.

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Camera Lucida

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.

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This was Roland Barthes's last book, combining a selection of photographs with reflections on photography. Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, the book begins as an investigation into the nature of photographs.

Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, it becomes an exposition of his own mind.

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Camera Lucida is praised for its accessibility and personal insights, providing a revealing look at Roland Barthes himself. It is described as beautiful and painful, offering a meditative take on photography that has profoundly influenced how the medium is perceived. Readers are moved by its sense of discovery and the lasting effect it has on their understanding of visual culture.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099225416

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 July 1993

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Illustration: 1

Contributors:

  • Translated by Richard Howard

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 130g

Pages: 144

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Penguin Books Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Roland Barthes

About the Author

Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and classics at the University of Paris. After teaching French at universities in Romania and Egypt, he joined the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, where he devoted himself to research in sociology and lexicology. He was a professor at the College de France until his death in 1980.

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