La lenteur du regard et sa perte à présent
The slowness of the gaze and its loss now

Author(s): Antonia MURARU
Subject(s): Media studies, Photography, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: slowness; gaze; loss; photography; social media; online;
Summary/Abstract: We live in a time where waiting, daydreaming and thoroughness have been replaced by haste, celerity, and desire for the absolute speed. Having considered these aspects, this article proposes an analysis regarding the way in which the slowness of the gaze could be abandoned at present. The study follows two distinct steps: firstly, we will observe the slowness of the gaze as it can be identified at Charles Baudelaire, Marcel Proust, and Roland Barthes. Subsequently, by relying on the ideas of these authors, we will investigate if the attentive gaze has been replaced by fugacity. Given the present age where everything is subject to the imperative of speed and where social media has gained a significant role in our existence, in the second part of this paper we will propose several interrogations regarding the loss of the slowness of the gaze at present, referring to the photography published online.

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