Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography by Roland Barthes

Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

Roland Barthes with Richard Howard

119 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction art philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Barthes shares his passionate, in-depth knowledge and understanding of photography.Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, these 'reflections on photography' begin as an in...

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reflective 84%
informative 69%
challenging 41%
emotional 21%
inspiring 13%
sad 13%
mysterious 4%
relaxing 4%
adventurous 2%
funny 2%
lighthearted 2%
tense 2%

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medium 31%
fast 25%

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