“What the Photograph reproduces to infinity has occurred only once: the Photograph mechanically repeats what could never be repeated existentially,” wrote French philosopher Roland Barthes in “Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography”. Today we explore why and how the photographic image has come to be such a ubiquitous part of our lives and reference many thinkers who has sought to theorize this phenomenon.

<p>&ldquo;What the Photograph reproduces to infinity has occurred only once: the Photograph mechanically repeats what could never be repeated existentially,&rdquo; wrote French philosopher Roland Barthes in &ldquo;Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography&rdquo;. Today we explore why and how the photographic image has come to be such a ubiquitous part of our lives and reference many thinkers who has sought to theorize this phenomenon.</p>

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