MPC 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Camera Lucida, Roland Barthes, Medieval University
16 Feb 2018
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Shift from analytical objective style (deno/cono, semiotics) writerly" style (pleasure of reader) Camera lucida: production of meaning in the viewer of photograph. Indexicality of photography // differ from painting. Photograph is not transcendent - connect to corpus. Posing: new form behaviour transform self into an image" Aesthetic value in the image: rarity, capturing what the eye cannot see, technical prowess (difficult to achieve, trick effects, the lucky-find" Affect: move emotionally // in built action (effect: to disimulate) Death of the author: audience"s interpretation relinquish authority of the author to their creation (more valid than the initial intention) Impose limit on the text close the meaning. Studium and punctum: levels of engagement with photography. The studium is ultimately always coded, the punctum is not" (p. 51) Learn from what is shown: reading w/o any emotional involvement ( polite interest") Order of liking - not loving // no pricks"
