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 81%
informative 71%
challenging 40%
emotional 23%
inspiring 19%
sad 18%
mysterious 3%
relaxing 3%
lighthearted 2%
adventurous 1%
funny 1%
hopeful 1%
tense 1%

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fast 23%

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