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This personal, wide-ranging, and contemplative volume--and the last book Barthes published--finds the author applying his influential perceptiveness and associative insight to the subject of photography. To this end, several black-and-white photos (by the likes of Avedon, Clifford, Hine,... read more

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One day, quite some time ago, I happened on a photograph of Napoleon's youngest brother Jerome, taken in 1852.

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  1. Roland Barthes (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1981
ISBN: 0809033402
Page Count: 119

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