"Love Is a Camera" is a song performed by English recording artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor for her fifth album Wanderlust (2014). Ellis-Bextor co-wrote the song with Ed Harcourt, who also produced the track. Its lyrics recount the story of a woman who takes photos of her victims and keeps their souls in the pictures. Musically, the song features piano, guitars, double bass, and influences of tango and baroque. "Love Is a Camera" was serviced to hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United Kingdom as the third single from Wanderlust. The song was released on 23 June 2014.

Upon release, its lyrics and composition attained praise and ambivalence from music critics. To accompany the song's release, Sophie Muller was enlisted as the director for the music video of "Love Is a Camera", which was filmed in the Italian city of Florence. Its storyline features Ellis-Bextor impersonating two characters, one being a "temptress" and the other being an unsuspecting woman. The former convinces a man who is attracted to her, and the latter, to take their picture; the unsuspecting characters are ultimately trapped in their portraits. The track has been performed during Ellis-Bextor's gigs, for promoting her record Wanderlust.

"Love Is a Camera" was the first song to be developed for Ellis-Bextor's fifth record, Wanderlust. Ellis-Bextor co-wrote the song with its producer Ed Harcourt. Harcourt produced the track. David Farrell of PopMatters described the track as a "plodding tango", while The Daily Telegraph writer Neil McCormick deemed it an "elaborate baroque quasi-ballad". From The Irish Times, Louise Bruton called the song a "hectic slice of vaudevillian fun". Its instrumentation comprises "florid" guitar chords, "stalking" pianos and a double bass played by Harcourt. Andy Gill of The Independent credited the first two instruments with providing "an Iron Curtain feel" to the track. The final part of the song—characterised by Time Out reviewer Clare Considine as one of Wanderlust's "more energetic moments"—incorporates a "gypsy polka" sound. During that part, Ellis-Bextor's voice is paired with an "increasingly frantic piano".

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