The noema of the photo is found in “Ça-a-été” by Barthes, which explains itself as an referent inducible and inflexible in the past. What we see now, was there. The structural similarities of the Photo and of the symbol are undisputable, as the photographical image stands for a past reality in present terms.
Roland Barthes pune în paranteze aspectele sociale ale fotografiei, cutând cu perseveren noema acesteia, dând greutate ontologic faptului de a-fi-în-sine a fotografiei, ceea ce va prolifera o devastare conceptual a tuturor imaginilor.