KEEPER OF THE HEARTH

This snapshot is known as the Winter Garden photograph. Barthes discusses it at length in Camera Lucida, but never reproduces it. It is one of the most famous unseen photographs in the world.Camera Lucida (La Chambre claire) written by French literary theorist Rol and Barthes, is arguably one of the most influential books about photography. Published in 1980, shortly before his death, the book is also a tribute to Barthes late mother, Henriette. In it, Barthes discusses a treasured snapshot taken in 1898, known as the Wint er Garden ...[Read more]