Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

Roland, Barthes

ISBN 10: 0809033402 / ISBN 13: 9780809033409

Published by Hill & Wang, 1981

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
• Publisher: Hill & Wang
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809033402
• ISBN 13: 9780809033409
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 272.2 grams

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Synopsis

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.

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.