Rereading: Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes
Who seems to care about Roland Barthes and Camera Lucida? Camera Lucida was for the death of Barthes' mother and was supposed to follow his diary.
How are these Camera Lucida citings used? The citings are used to show the emotions of the book. It showed that Barthes' was mourning over the death of his mother.
What are they generally talking about in these other writings? It is talking about how photographs are used as a memorial for the things that have happened in the past.
From what source did you find this reference? The Guardian
Can that reference source be associated with any context of profession or association? Not associated with any profession or association.
The Power of the Holiday Photo
Who seems to care about Roland Barthes and Camera Lucida? People who take pictures in order to come back to it later in their life so they can relive their childhood or have some sort of nostalgia.
How are these Camera Lucida citings used? The citing is used to show how Barthes was trying to find his mother in the photograph was taken and that is the same as other people trying to find their childhood within a photo.
What are they generally talking about in these other writings? They are talking about how it is almost impossible to relive the past. Once they are growing up, they are ripped apart from the present.
From what source did you find this reference? The Guardian
Can that reference source be associated with any context of profession or association? Not associated with any profession or association.
Cameras are Clocks for Seeing
Who seems to care about Roland Barthes and Camera Lucida? People who want to find a new beginning.
How are these Camera Lucida citings used? When Barthes was looking at the photograph of his mother, he was looking for a new beggining.
What are they generally talking about in these other writings? They are talking about how some people like to write new beginnings so much that usually they believe that their life's work will never end.
From what source did you find this reference? The Believer Magazine
Can that reference source be associated with any context of profession or association? The Believer Magazine focuses on books that tend to have concepts of good things.
The Photographic Message by Susan Sontag
Who seems to care about Roland Barthes and Camera Lucida? People who want to find a message within a photograph.
How are these Camera Lucida citings used? They look at the same elements Barthes uses when he analyzes the photograph of his mother.
What are they generally talking about in these other writings? The image is not reality but an analogical prerfection to which defines the photograph. The photographic message is a continuous message.
From what source did you find this reference? Book
Can that reference source be associated with any context of profession or association? No.
Roland Barthes' Camera Lucida: Absence as Presence
Who seems to care about Roland Barthes and Camera Lucida? People who are interested in books about photogaphy.
How are these Camera Lucida citings used? The citings is used to show how Grant Faulkner loves how Barthes comments on a photograph to provide a existential reflection.
What are they generally talking about in these other writings? It talks about how when pictures are taken, we like to show the emotion we would want to see when we view them in the future.
From what source did you find this reference? GrantFaulkner.com
Can that reference source be associated with any context of profession or association? He says he likes other books that are about photography.
Another book that is in similar context with Camera Lucida is Susan Sontag's book, On Photography. The book expresses Sontag's views on the history and present-day role of photography. She explains that someone who seeks to revord cannot intervene and the person who intervenes cannot faithfully record.
