Jonathan Polkest Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes
One day, quite some time ago, I happened on a photograph of Napoleon's youngest brother, Jerome, taken in 1852.And I realised then, with an amazement I have not been able to lessen since;"I am looking at eyes that looked at the emporer".Sometimes I would mention this amazement, but since no one seemed to share it, or even to understand it (life consists of these little touches of solitude), I forgot about it.My interest in Photography took a more cultural turn.I decided I liked photography <in opposition> to the cinema, from which I nonetheless failed to separate it.This question grew insistent. I was overcome by an "ontological desire";I wanted to learn at all costs what Photography was "in itself" by what essential it was to be distingiushed from the community of images.
Taken by jaypolkest. This photo can be found in the album sfx manchester art07.
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