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  2. Camera Lucida (book) - Wikipedia

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    Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography (French: La Chambre claire, pronounced [la ʃɑ̃bʁ klɛʁ]) is a short book published in 1980 by the French literary theorist and philosopher Roland Barthes. It is simultaneously an inquiry into the nature and essence of photography and a eulogy to Barthes' late mother. The book investigates the ...

  3. Pierre Dubreuil - Wikipedia

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    Dubreuil's recognition first came in 1896, when his Sombre Clarté ("Dark Clarity") was shown in Brussels. Subsequently, Dubreuil exhibited five prints at the Photo-club de Paris, and by the turn of the century was internationally acclaimed, even upstaging Constant Puyo and Robert Demachy, the major figures of the Photo-club de Paris.

  4. Humanist photography - Wikipedia

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    Humanist Photography, also known as the School of Humanist Photography, [1] manifests the Enlightenment philosophical system in social documentary practice based on a perception of social change. It emerged in the mid-twentieth-century and is associated most strongly with Europe, particularly France , [ 2 ] where the upheavals of the two world ...

  5. Vilém Flusser - Wikipedia

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    Further short stays in various European countries followed until they moved to Robion in southern France in 1981, where they remained until Flusser's death in 1991. To the end of his life, he was quite active writing and giving lectures around media theory and working with new topics (Philosophy of Photography, Technical Images, etc.). He died ...

  6. 55 Socrates Quotes on Philosophy, Education and Life - AOL

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    Embrace these quotes from one of the founding fathers of Western philosophy.

  7. 45 Stephen Hawking Quotes About Life, Philosophy and Purpose

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    45 Stephen Hawking Quotes. 1. “Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.” 2. “It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.”

  8. These short, quippy quotes will instantly lift your spirits - AOL

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    Inspirational short quotes “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.” (Translated from French: “Tous les jours à tous les points de vue, je vais de mieux en mieux ...

  9. Siegfried Kracauer - Wikipedia

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    Siegfried Kracauer's theories on memory revolved around the idea that memory was under threat and was being challenged by modern forms of technology. [7] His most often cited example was the comparison of memory to photography.