Camera Lucida: Vintage Design Edition - Couverture souple

Barthes, Roland

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1784876011 ISBN 13 : 9781784876012

Editeur : Vintage Classics, 2020

Synopsis

Barthes investigation into the meaning of photographs is a seminal work of twentieth-century critical theory. This is a special Vintage Design Edition, with fold-out cover and stunning photography throughout.

Examining themes of presence and absence, these reflections on photography begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs – their content, their pull on the viewer, their intimacy. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind. He was grieving for his mother at the time of writing. Strikingly personal, yet one of the most important early academic works on photography, Camera Lucida remains essential reading for anyone interested in the power of images.

‘Effortlessly, as if in passing, his reflections on photography raise questions and doubts which will permanently affect the vision of the reader’ Guardian

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Classics
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784876011
• ISBN 13: 9781784876012
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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