Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

roland barthes richard howard

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.

Genres photographyartnonfictionphilosophytheoryessaysfranceart historyschoolfilm

119 pages, Paperback

First published February 21,1980

This edition

Format: 119 pages, Paperback
Published: June 1, 2001 by Hill and Wang
ISBN: 9780795000379
ASIN: 0795000375
Language: English

About the author

roland barthes

Roland Barthes of France applied semiology, the study of signs and symbols, to literary and social criticism.

Ideas of Roland Gérard Barthes, a theorist, philosopher, and linguist, explored a diverse range of fields. He influenced the development of schools of theory, including design, anthropology, and poststructuralism.

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