Victor Burgin The Camera Essence And Apparatus

• 媒介的延續性：Burgin 反對將「類比（菲林）」與「數位（虛擬）」劃分出絕對斷裂。他認為從文藝復興時期的透視畫作，到當今的虛擬相機（電腦生成圖像 / CGI），其本質都建立在西方相同的透視再現系統之上。
• 心理學與意識形態：他強調影像絕非單純的「光學體驗」，而是一場心理事件。影像與語言不可分割，深深影響著人類社會中信仰、價值觀、集體記憶與慾望幻想的建構。
• 跨學科研究：文章廣泛運用了符號學（Semiotics）、精神分析（Psychoanalysis）與女性主義（Feminism），深刻剖析照片在日常與政治中所扮演的角色。 [1, 2, 3]

• 出版格式：平裝本（Paperback）共 260 頁。
• 一手通路：可直接於英國藝術出版商 MACK 官網 購買實體書或電子書（Ebook），亦可在各大線上平台如 Amazon 訂購。
• 二手與絕版搜尋：若官方通路無庫存，可透過全球二手書平台 AbeBooks 尋找獨立書店的庫存。 [1, 2, 3, 5]

The Camera: Essence and Apparatus is a heavyweight collection of theories published by MACK in 2018 by British conceptual artist and image theorist Victor Burgin. This book is a collection of the author's core discourses on the evolution of cameras, photography and images for more than 40 years from 1975 to 2017.

The core concept of theory

Media continuity: Burgin opposes the absolute fracture between "analogy (Filin)" and "digital (virtual)". He believes that from the perspective paintings of the Renaissance to today's virtual cameras (computer-generated images / CGI), the essence is based on the same perspective reproduction system in the West.

Psychology and ideology: He emphasized that image is by no means a simple "optical experience", but a psychological event. Images and language are inseparable and deeply affect the construction of beliefs, values, collective memories and desires in human society.

Interdisciplinary research: The article widely uses Semiotics, Psychoanalysis and Feminism to deeply analyze the role of photos in daily life and politics.

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Book specifications and purchase information

Publication format: Paperback with a total of 260 pages.

First-hand channel: You can buy physical books or e-books directly from the official website of the British art publisher MACK, and you can also order them on major online platforms such as Amazon.

Second-hand and out-of-print search: If the official channel is out of stock, you can find the inventory of independent bookstores through AbeBooks, a global second-hand book platform.

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