![]() Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind. ![]() With modern photography the viewer is constituted in a dual movement of separation (and alienation) and connectivity (and communality). Camera Lucida Roland Barthes, Richard Howard. Our author development team connects with you to learn your vision and goals for your book, and our editing team reviews your manuscript to see if it’s the right fit for the Lucid label. Lucid works with you in this proven process: 1. This ambiguous ontology of the image impacts upon both the act of image-making and the interpretive task of reading and understanding the image. Making your book the best it can be takes a partner in publishing. Photography embodies the moral ambiguity of human activity: the camera claims to deliver truth but is essentially selective and partial photography reveals and conceals the real the photograph is an artificial mode of representation but claims to provide a `picture’ of life that can only be captured through the camera. The book is constructed as a series of interconnected essays, each of which explores the moral and dialectical character of photographic interventions. ![]() On Photography is Sontag’s attempt to develop the thought of Barthes, Benjamin, and others and apply the resultant perspective to the critical understanding of the fundamental role of photography in modern life. Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography (French: La Chambre claire) is a short book published in 1980 by the French literary theorist and philosopher. ![]()
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