STUDIUM AND PUNCTUM IN EVERDAY PHOTOGRAPHY EVERYDAY PHOTOGRAPHY To collect photograph is like to collect the world (Sontang Susan (2006)), Casual/Everyday photography is a term that was rather self-generated and not put forward by someone. Casual photography can be pursued by anyone who has a device to capture a photo, this process had begun rather ages ago when the first affordable 35 mm roll was invented to take still pictures. The photo below portrays a casual picture, this photo was taken by me during a trip to New Zealand. The cute dog in this photo is lula and this photo was taken without any motive PUNCTUM AND STUDIUM The distinction between Studium and punctum is “the order of liking, not loving” (Barthes 1981a:27). Puntum and stadium was proposed by a Roland Barthes a French literacy theorist, he put forward his idea in a book named 'Camera Lucida' which was published b...