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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

Author

Roland Barthes

Language

French

Year

1980

Country

France

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography is a short book published in 1980 by the French literary theorist and philosopher Roland Barthes. It is simultaneously an inquiry into the nature and essence of photography and a eulogy to Barthes' late mother. The book investigates the effects of photography on the spectator.