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Camera Lucida

by Roland Barthes

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Publisher Comments:

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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About the Author

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.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780374521349
Subtitle:
Reflections on Photography
Translator:
Howard, Richard
Author:
Barthes, Roland
Author:
Howard, Richard
Publisher:
Hill & Wang
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Photography
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
History
Subject:
Criticism
Subject:
Photography, Artistic
Subject:
Semiotics & Theory
Subject:
Semiotics
Subject:
Photography -- Philosophy.
Edition Description:
Pbk
Series Volume:
10381
Publication Date:
May 1982
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
119
Dimensions:
8.21x5.54x.34 in. .34 lbs.
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