Usually the amateur is defined as an immature state of the artist: someone who cannot โ or will not โ achieve the mastery of a profession. But in the field of photographic practice, it is the amateur, on the contrary, who is the assumption of the professional: for it is he who stands closer to the (i)noeme(i) of Photography.
Roland BarthesAs Spectator I wanted to explore photography not as a question (a theme) but as a wound.
Roland BarthesTo whom could I put this question (with any hope of an answer)? Does being able to live without someone you loved mean you loved her less than you thought...?
Roland BarthesWhat I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.
Roland BarthesUsually the amateur is defined as an immature state of the artist: someone who cannot โ or will not โ achieve the mastery of a profession. But in the field of photographic practice, it is the amateur, on the contrary, who is the assumption of the professional: for it is he who stands closer to the (i)noeme(i) of Photography.
Roland Barthes