Roland Barthes and François Laruelle on the Essence of Photography

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2025.216769

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Roland Barthes, François Laruelle, Photography, Photo, Aesthetics

Abstract

This study aims at a non-standard stance on the Art and Science of Photography. The first section on François Laruelle draws on the critique of philosophical makings as the technique of Photography, a relation figured as the photocentric destiny of Western thought. The second section investigates the nature of Photography as research in Roland Barthes’ silver-salt ontology and effects. From the common ground of a Non-Standard Photography, this study eventually assesses similarities and differences between the approaches of François Laruelle and Roland Barthes toward a Photography of another kin and kind.

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  • Marco Calil, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

    Marco Calil holds a Bachelor's and Teaching License Degree in Languages and Literatures as well as a Master's Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures and Translation at the University of São Paulo (PPG-LETRA-USP) and is currently a PhD student in COS-PUC-SP, having received a Doctoral Grant by CNPq.

  • Leda Tenório da Motta, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

    Leda Tenório da Motta is Professor in the Graduate Studies Program of Communication and Semiotics of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (COS-PUC-SP), as well as associate researcher of Reseau International Roland Barthes. She is the director of several research groups on Visual and Image Studies.

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2025-05-06

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Vol. 23 (2025)

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Calil, M., & Motta, L. T. da. (2025). Roland Barthes and François Laruelle on the Essence of Photography. ARS, 23, e-216769. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2025.216769