Camera Lucida Reflections On Photography

Author: Roland Barthes

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  • : $22.99 AUD
  • : 9780099225416
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Vintage Classics
  • : 0.13
  • : October 1993
  • : 199mm X 132mm X 10mm
  • : 22.99
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  • : Roland Barthes
  • : Vintage Classics Ser.
  • : Paperback
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Barcode 9780099225416
9780099225416

Description

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.

Author description

Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literarture 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 professor at the College de France until his death in 1980.