Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

Barthes, Roland; Howard, Richard (Translated by), and Dyer, Geoff (Foreword by)

ISBN 10: 0374521344 / ISBN 13: 9780374521349

Published by Hill and Wang: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1982

About this Item

xix, 119 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. First published, 1980, under title: Chambre claire. Translated from the French. Good+. Stain on one leaf (pp. 17-18). *** "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." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
• Publisher: Hill and Wang: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374521344
• ISBN 13: 9780374521349
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography::Criticism
  • A BARGAIN BASEMENT
  • XS::Small
  • Aesthetics & Art Criticism
  • Photography::History

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and the 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.

Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and the 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.