Hi everyone,
Thank you for your papers and to those of you who posted on the blog in my absence!
Let's try and keep as posting as regularly as we can.
Here are some broad topics/questions that we might want to think about while reading _Camera Lucida_
1. What is the status of "meaning" or "essence" in the text?
2. Why is the photograph so special as a sign for Barthes?
3. What are the main differences between the "studium" and the "punctum"?
4. What does Barthes mean when he says that "the punctum is the kairos of desire"?
5. Why is the "punctum" the "Death of time"?
6. What is the role of the "erotic" in _Camera Lucida_?
7. What role does the Winter Garden photograph play in Barthes's theorization of photography?
8. And finally, can cinema have "punctum"? How does Barthes distinguish between cinema and the photograph?
Have a great weekend and see you all in class.
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I was wondering about how Photoshop and airbrushing has affected Bathes definition of photography. Has it eliminated the punctum (the unintentional detail) or does the inevitability of death still provide the necessary prick?
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