{"product_id":"camera-lucida","title":"Camera Lucida","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn inquiry into a very modern art form - photography. Barthes personal investigation into the meaning of photographs is a seminal work of critical theory of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarthes investigation into the meaning of photographs is a seminal work of twentieth-century critical theory. This is a special Vintage Design Edition, with fold-out cover and stunning photography throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamining themes of presence and absence, these reflections on photography begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs – their content, their pull on the viewer, their intimacy. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind. He was grieving for his mother at the time of writing. Strikingly personal, yet one of the most important early academic works on photography,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCamera Lucida\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eremains essential reading for anyone interested in the power of images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e17 March 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e9781784876012\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eImprint:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVintage Classics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e160\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48892201730242,"sku":"9781784876012","price":27.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0407\/3114\/8453\/files\/camera_lucida.png?v=1789977207","url":"https:\/\/designstore.artgallery.wa.gov.au\/products\/camera-lucida","provider":"AGWA Design Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}