Description
Product ID: | 9780099225416 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Camera Lucida |
Subtitle: | Reflections on Photography |
Authors: | Author: Roland Barthes, Richard Howard |
Page Count: | 144 |
Subjects: | Individual photographers, Individual photographers, Western philosophy from c 1800, Cultural studies, Western philosophy, from c 1900 -, Cultural studies |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. Barthes shares his passionate, in-depth knowledge and understanding of photography. |
Imprint Name: | Vintage Classics |
Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1993-07-15 |