![]() As I have been reading about photography I have become to realize how much in tune it is to psychology which I studied for my first degree. He also talks about how culture and the unconscious will play a part in this. Houlihan (2004) discusses how he looks at the consciousness and unconsciousness as a way of attributing Photography a new meaning as opposed to art or technical excellence. He discusses studium as ‘liking’ a photo whereas one with punctum will lead him to ‘love’ the photo. He also refers to studium where he is interested in many photos and will study them and maybe acknowledge them as good photos but it is those for him that have punctum that will stand out for him and he will continue to reflect on them after the physical looking at the photo. ![]() ![]() the big cloth cap, pump shoes in another instance or early on the book he shows an example of soliders with nuns walking behind (p.22) – all of these pricked Barthes as a spectator and made the photos special for him. ![]() A punctum could be anything and is very much dependent on what ‘pricks’ the Spectator so in this sense is wider but in fact it may be a very small detail that is the punctum and he gives examples of these (p.29) – for e.g. ![]() On initial reading I thought he meant by the addition of people but Barthes definition is both wider and narrower than this definition. I read this book following tutor feedback for Assignment 1 where he suggested that some of my photos would have been enhanced by ‘punctum’. ![]()
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