How to understand the PUNCTUM in PHOTOGRAPHY — Roland Barthes’ CAMERA LUCIDA
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How to understand the PUNCTUM in PHOTOGRAPHY — Roland Bathes’ CAMERA LUCIDA
Roland Barthes’ ‘Digicam Lucida’ is a e-book of philosophical musings on images, initially printed in 1980. He coined the phrases Studium and Punctum to describe the cultural which means and private meanings respectively. Nonetheless, he finds an issue in that in order for an viewers to understand what the which means of a photograph is, they’ve to already be aware of the subject and consider in the message. Due to this fact, {a photograph} with solely a studium doesn’t set off a deep emotional connection for us. Essentially the most we are able to do is like or admire the picture, but it surely received’t have an effect on us in any sort of profound manner.
So why then do some pictures hit us on a deeply emotional degree? What constitutes a punctum, and might the photographer actually management how a viewer reacts to their work?
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