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Camera lucida : reflections on photography / Roland Barthes.

By: Publication details: Hill & Wang Publisher 1981 New York :Description: 119 p. : ill. ; 22cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0374521344 (pbk.) :
Uniform titles:
  • Chambre claire. English.
Subject(s): Summary: 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.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection TR 642 .B3713 1981 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Copy Type:01 - Books Available 623603

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.

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