Roland Barthes was a French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician. Barthes’s work extended over many fields and he influenced the development of schools of theory including structuralism, semiology, existentialism, Marxism and post-structuralism.

A synopsis of Barthes’ “Rhetoric of the Image”.

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Founded in 1996, the Photography Prize has become one of the most prestigious international arts awards. Previously known as the Citigroup Photography Prize, the Prize is now in its ninth year. From 2005, The Photographers’ Gallery is pleased to be working with a new sponsor with a strong commitment to photography: Deutsche Börse Group.

The Prize seeks to acknowledge today’s leading international photographers and to raise the profile of photography within the visual arts by acting as a focus for debate. The aim of the Prize is also to increase audiences for contemporary photography and explore its role in society.

This year’s nominations are:Philippe Chancel, Anders Petersen, Fiona Tan and The Atlas Group.

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This innovative project takes a close look at the current state of this exciting, rapidly mutating image environment. A highly interactive event, it welcomes submissions from across the globe, and invites both live and virtual debates between visitors of all ages, educators, representatives of industry, photographers, editors, curators and cutting-edge internauts, netizens, and digerati. And just as our image world shifts with each passing hour, minute and second, so too will our exhibition respond to new developments with constant updates.

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mooncruise* is an independent and privately funded project devoted to featuring progressive artists.

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Your dream forest may lie within. The forest you have entered in your dreams. An irreplaceable treasure, our children’s inheritance.

Some of the world’s most important/beautiful forests documented in beautiful photographs and presented in a very well made site. An amazing multimedia experience that reconnects you to Earth.

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The Real Thing: Photographer Luc Delahaye on Artnet

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