摄影术自诞生以来就饱受争议,但也并没有如苏珊·桑塔格定义的那样:“是要向画家的旨趣告别的一个大步跨越”;相反,倒是走上罗兰·巴特所指出的出路:“把摄影变成艺术”。当代摄影的发展,已迫使我们不得不承认巴特对摄影富于洞察的预见性。当然,理论家对于摄影的探讨也一直带有一丝悲悯的情绪。“摄影已死”的观点毫无悬念地如百年前摄影术诞生之 Photography has been controversial since its inception, but not as Susan Sontag has defined it: “It’s a big leap forward to say goodbye to the painter.” Instead, it’s Roland Barthes The way out: “Turn photography into art.” The development of contemporary photography has compelled us to admit Bart’s predictive insight into photography. Of course, theorists have always had a trace of sympathy for the photography. “Photography is dead ” point of no suspense, such as a hundred years ago the birth of photography