Roland Barthes's 1980 book Camera Lucida is perhaps the most influential book ever published on photography. The terms studium and punctum, coined by Barthes for two different ways of responding to photographs, are part of the standard lexicon for discussions of photography; Barthes's understanding of photographic time and the relationship he forges between photography and deat...(展开全部)

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, Mapplethorpe, Nadar, Van Der Zee, and so forth) are reprinted throughout the text.

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, Mapplethorpe, Nadar, Van Der Zee, and so forth) are reprinted throughout the text.

In his first book, French critic Roland Barthes defines the complex nature of writing, as well as the social, historical, political, and personal forces responsible for the formal changes in writing from the classical period to recent times.

Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism. One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as “a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs.” It begins with the famous “In Plato’s Cave”essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with...(展开全部)

How do we see the world around us? "The Penguin on Design" series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs are everywhere. They have the power to shoc...(展开全部)

Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism. One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as “a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs.” It begins with the famous “In Plato’s Cave”essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with...(展开全部)

苏珊·桑塔格，1933年生于美国纽约，毕业于芝加哥大学。1993年当选为美国文学艺术学院院士。她是美国声名卓著的“新知识分子”，和西蒙娜·波伏瓦、汉娜·阿伦特并称为西方当代最重要的女知识分子，被誉为“美国公众的良心”。2000年获美国国家图书奖，2001年获耶路撒冷国际文学奖，2003年获德国书业和平奖。2004年12月28日病逝于纽约。

出版社/著者からの内容紹介 写真は創造ではなく、記憶でもなく、ドキュメントであると、私は考える。撮影行為とは、抽象的なことではなく、常に具体的だ。単純なことを観念化して難しいものにしようとするのではなく、カメラという媒体を通して私が出会った現実がここにある。──中平卓馬 中平卓馬展「原点復帰─横浜」（横浜美術館、2003年）に際して刊行された、伝説の写真家・中平卓馬の全貌を知る貴重な一冊。 中平卓馬（1938年生まれ）は「アレ・ブレ・ボケ」と呼ばれた初期の詩的な作品を自ら否定し、「図鑑」のような即物的な写真を目指す最中の1977年に、逗子で倒れ記憶の大部分を失いました。 しかし、横浜に転居して翌年より撮影を再開、徐々に復活を果たし、現在も日々撮影行為を続けています。横浜は、写真家としての復帰の「原点」 であり、現在も日常的に最も多く撮影している場所で...(展开全部)

In "Reflections on Judging," Richard Posner distills the experience of his thirty-one years as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Surveying how the judiciary has changed since his 1981 appointment, he engages the issues at stake today, suggesting how lawyers should argue cases and judges decide them, how trials can be improved, and, most urge...(展开全部)