Resources


This page aims at providing my Nepali students with an easy access to theoretical resources about photography.
The following classical books can be downloaded in pdf format, or are available online, by clicking on the relevant link.
This list will be expanded according to my availability to work on it.

Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida, 1981
Original text in French: La Chambre claire, 1980
A wikipedia page in English about the book.
Download the English version (21,4 Mo).

Walter Benjamin, A short History of Photography, 1972
Original text in German: Kleine Geschichte der Photographie, 1931
Download the English version (4,5 Mo).

Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, 2008
Original text in German: Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit, 1936
A wikipedia page in English about the book.
Download the English version (1,5 Mo).
Read it online.

Pierre Bourdieu, Photography, A Middle-Brow Art, 1996
Original text in French: La Photographie, un art moyen, 1965
A Wikipedia page in English about Pierre Bourdieu.
Dowload the English version (23,3 Mo).

László Moholy-Nagy, Painting, Photography, Film, 1969
Original text in German: Malerei, Fotografie, Film, 1925
A Wikipedia page in English about László Moholy-Nagy.
Download the English version (61,6 Mo).

Susan Sontag, On Photography, 1977
A Wikipedia page about the book.
Download the original English version (1,6 Mo).


Last updated in August 2016
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