Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

Roland Barthes, translated by Richard Howard

ISBN 10: 0809013983 / ISBN 13: 9780809013982

Published by Hill And Wang ' Farrar, Straus And Giroux, New York, 1982

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Some wear along the edges, tips, and along the spine. Selected pages may contain light creases and wear along the fore edge of page margins. Minor rubbing wear to covers. Seller Inventory # 114854

Bibliographic Details

Title: Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

Publisher: Hill And Wang ' Farrar, Straus And Giroux, New York

Publication Date: 1982

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis:

This personal, wide-ranging, and contemplative volume--and the last book Barthes published--finds the author applying his influential perceptiveness and associative insight to the subject of photography. To this end, several black-and-white photos (by the likes of Avedon, Clifford, Hine, Mapplethorpe, Nadar, Van Der Zee, and so forth) are reprinted throughout the text.

About the Author:

Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and the 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.