Interesting: thanks! Somehow I don't connect with Barthes the way I do with Sontag. Eg., the idea that a photo of Napolean's brother's eyes is moving or significant because they had gazed at Napoleon seems absurd...maybe even fetishistic. Sontag's concerns mostly pull me in, but Barthe's (admittedly that's based on the little I've read - though I did get on better with Mythologies) mostly repel me. So, good to get this snapshot of this writing. All the best in the coming year!
Thank you so much for your comment! Yeah I do admit it's a little fetishistic, but my interest in photography is first and foremost sentimental and irrational, so he taps into that. I see these videos as an annex to my practice, not really part of photography in general, but one of the many ways to stay engaged and inspired. Ideally I'd like to forget all of this when shooting. Mythologies is clearer and more detached, I also like it. But there's more than 20 years in between, I hear his voice in Camera Lucida warmer and less cynical.
awesome video!!
Thanks man ❤
Serious video. You really should position the mike differently. Try it slightly to one side.
Interesting: thanks! Somehow I don't connect with Barthes the way I do with Sontag. Eg., the idea that a photo of Napolean's brother's eyes is moving or significant because they had gazed at Napoleon seems absurd...maybe even fetishistic. Sontag's concerns mostly pull me in, but Barthe's (admittedly that's based on the little I've read - though I did get on better with Mythologies) mostly repel me. So, good to get this snapshot of this writing.
All the best in the coming year!
Thank you so much for your comment! Yeah I do admit it's a little fetishistic, but my interest in photography is first and foremost sentimental and irrational, so he taps into that. I see these videos as an annex to my practice, not really part of photography in general, but one of the many ways to stay engaged and inspired. Ideally I'd like to forget all of this when shooting. Mythologies is clearer and more detached, I also like it. But there's more than 20 years in between, I hear his voice in Camera Lucida warmer and less cynical.