Response to "Camera Lucinda"

         A photograph does not try to revive something of the past, but rather, serves to document that what we see in the photo once existed. Barthes states that a photograph doesn't serve as a memory or a reconstitution. Instead, it shows the reality of a past state.

         I agree with this, partially. What I do not fully agree with, however, is the idea that a photograph does not act as a memory. Late into the reading, Barthes says that photographs actually block memories. I believe that photographs are one of the greater forms of memorabilia. Perhaps a photograph isn't exactly a memory itself, but I know that they can serve as a device to recall memories. In part, I can agree with Barthes that an abundance of photos can blur a person's memory. If you rely too heavily on memorabilia to aid in recalling memories, you can become victim to forgetfulness once all of these images are gone.

         I believe this applies to our project because in taking multiple images of one object and piecing them together, we create a collage of that image that represents different times of the day, whether the photos be within a minute of each other or an hour. “Make a collage of a person or location that represents space or time.” This is what I now believe to be the ”time” aspect of the project.