
On the Cover 3.1
I am a photographer (or, I once was). In my discipline, thanks to Roland Barthesās 1980 treatise Camera Lucida, we refer to the entry point into the photograph as āthe punctum.ā Though āentry pointā isnāt quite right. The punctum, Barthes wrote, is more than a distinct detail; in fact, it can be entirely banal. It is rather āan accident which pricks me (but also bruises me, is poignant to me).ā What could be a more