{"id":1717,"date":"2013-07-02T23:39:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T23:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/07\/02\/from-a-real-body-which-was-there-proceed\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T23:39:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T23:39:53","slug":"from-a-real-body-which-was-there-proceed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/02\/from-a-real-body-which-was-there-proceed\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

From a real body, which was there, proceed radiations which ultimately touch me, who am here; the duration of the transmission is insignificant; the photograph of the missing being, as Sontag says, will touch me like the delayed rays of a star. A sort of umbilical cord links the body of the photographed thing to my gaze: light, though impalpable, is here a carnal medium, a skin I share with anyone who has been photographed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Roland Barthes<\/strong>, Camera Lucida<\/em>, translation by Richard Howard (via frenchtwist<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From a real body, which was there, proceed radiations which ultimately touch me, who am here; the duration of the transmission is insignificant; the photograph of the missing being, as Sontag says, will touch me like the delayed rays of a star. 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