camera_lucida Q Camera lucida means: (1) light chamber (2) optical device including an attachment, typically a prism, that enables an observer to view simultaneously an image and a drawing surface for sketching the image (3) bright box (4) you or me (5) you and me (6) room lit by daylight (7) room lit by moonlight (8) room lit by a reading lamp on a bed table (9) none of the above (10) some but not all of the above except 9 (11) all of the above except 9 and 10? 050521 ... Q Yes, I know "Camera Lucida" is also the translated title of the book "La Chambre Claire" by Roalnd Bathes that was first published in France in 1980. :-) 050521 ... Q The author was actually Roland Barthes. Sorry, Roland. 050521 ... jane studium_and_punctum 070603 ... jane trying to figure out to whom i lent my copy 071010 ... j roland_barthes 090304 what's it to you? who go blather from