Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
This personal, wide-ranging, and contemplative volume--and the last book Barthes published--finds the author applying his influential perceptiveness and associative insight to the subject of photography. To this end, several black-and-white photos (by the likes of Avedon, Clifford, Hine,...
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This personal, wide-ranging, and contemplative volume--and the last book Barthes published--finds the author applying his influential perceptiveness and associative insight to the subject of photography. To this end, several black-and-white photos (by the likes of Avedon, Clifford, Hine, Mapplethorpe, Nadar, Van Der Zee, and so forth) are reprinted throughout the text.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374521349 (0374521344)
Publish date: May 1st 1982
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Pages no: 119
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Art,
Philosophy,
France,
Theory,
Photography,
Art History
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I am putting more Barthes into my thesis than I would have ever expected. But he is so damned quotable. And since Sofia Coppola composes her films like photographs, including a book on photography makes sense, no?
I'm in a half-way and the book made a really good first impression and as we know this one is the most important. The book so far sounds quite personal what is a great asset and a big plus for Barthes. This author is one of my best, he is really readable and writes in interesting manner. Barthens pr...
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