{"product_id":"roland-barthes-camera-lucida","title":"Roland Barthes: Camera Lucida","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Roland Barthes\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the French by Richard Howard; Foreword by Geoff Dyer\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA graceful, contemplative volume, \u003cem\u003eCamera Lucida\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in 1979. Commenting on artists such as Avedon, Clifford, Mapplethorpe, and Nadar, Roland Barthes presents photography as being outside the codes of language or culture, acting on the body as much as on the mind, and rendering death and loss more acutely than any other medium. This groundbreaking approach established \u003cem\u003eCamera Lucida\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the most important books of theory on the subject, along with Susan Sontag's \u003cem\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback; English; 144 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003ePublication Date: October 2010; Reprint edition\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 5.5 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches (W x L x D)\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content Group - Mixed Vendors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555401338937,"sku":"210000000131","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/0872\/9145\/files\/camera-lucida.jpg?v=1790278325","url":"https:\/\/shop.icp.org\/products\/roland-barthes-camera-lucida","provider":"International Center of Photography","version":"1.0","type":"link"}