Keeper of the Hearth: Picturing Roland Barthes’ Unseen Photograph
Brand: Schilt Publishing
Categories: Books, Literature & Fiction, History & Criticism



Dimensions: 9.65 x 1.18 x 11.42 inches
ISBN-13: 978-9053309377
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9053309373
Publisher: Schilt Publishing
Print length: 320 pages
Publication date: March 3, 2020
subtitle: Hardcover – March 3, 2020
author: Odette England
review: Editorial Reviews Review "England has allowed Keeper of the Hearth to be bigger than her or a single photograph. In this book something otherworldly is embodied in theory and ideology. The pictures are beautiful and the essays revealed, but what shines through is a commitment to community, discourse, and surrender. This form of surrender is to others’ ideas and others’ instincts, which allows a bigger picture of camaraderie and a new form of self described memorial to those we love to emerge." ― Efrem Zelony-Mindell, In the In-Between "Like Barthes’ language in Camera Lucida , England’s Keeper of the Hearth is a constellation of gaps and ambiguities that manifest in our endless search for a definitive balance between the two." ― Cat Lachowskyj, The British Journal of Photography "Keeper of the Hearth attests to the continuing resonance of an image none of us have seen and that may not even exist , and to the singular spell of Barthes’s odd, mischievous, melancholy take on photography and its seemingly intrinsic relationship to death." ―Sean O’Hagan, The Guardian About the Author Odette England is an Australia/British artist, writer, and curator. Her work has shown in more than 90 solo, two-person and group exhibitions in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, and Asia. Keeper of the Hearth is England’s first edited volume. She lives and works in Rhode Island and New York.