The book investigates the effects of photography on the spectator (as distinct from the photographer, and also from the object photographed, which Barthes calls the "spectrum"). It is simultaneously an inquiry into the nature and essence of photography and a eulogy to Barthes' late mother. La Chambre Caire: Note sur la photographie = Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography, Roland BarthesĬamera Lucida is a short book published in 1980 by the French literary theorist and philosopher Roland Barthes.
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