by Richard Howard (Translator), Roland Barthes (Author)
Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, these 'reflections on photography' begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 15 Jul 1993
ISBN 10: 0099225417
ISBN 13: 9780099225416
Book Overview: 'Roland Barthes' final book - less a critical essay than a suite of valedictory meditations - is his most beautiful, and most painful' Observer