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Undeniably good writing, but as it progressed, I lost track in a way I didn’t with Illness or Camp. It definitely assumes background knowledge that I want to go away and research. Sontag is opinionated, and I think it is quite contradictory or makes points I disagree with, but it is so varied and broad in its analysis that it took my tired gallery brain to new ideas and new horizons.
I learned so much from this book by Susan Sontag and rank it right up there with Camera Obscura by Roland Barthes. These collected essays by Sontag draw some very interesting parallels between the works of some of history's most important and prolific photographers. These are fascinating pieces on the role and positioning of photography as an art and a method of documenting the world around us.
The wonderful aspect of reading this book now is the ability to sit with laptop close at hand and actually be able to see the works of photographers she references in her essays. These certainly reinforce and support her discussions on the topic and have lead me to learn so much about these key figures in the history of photography.
The wonderful aspect of reading this book now is the ability to sit with laptop close at hand and actually be able to see the works of photographers she references in her essays. These certainly reinforce and support her discussions on the topic and have lead me to learn so much about these key figures in the history of photography.
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One of my must-reads. From the ethics of seeing to the phenomenological analysis of photography in human society - this was riveting. Despite it being written forty years ago, the discussion is so fundamental it can be applied to today à propos the grip photography has on us all; what it means to be constantly surrounded by limitedly surreal transparencies. Personally, it helped me untangle and define the feelings I’ve had around photography and being recognized by others; what it means to display my photography, why I never feel an originality.
Even if you aren’t interested in photography or aesthetics, I still highly recommend this for her writing. These essays have an incredible balance of concision and flourish - we should all strive to write like her
Even if you aren’t interested in photography or aesthetics, I still highly recommend this for her writing. These essays have an incredible balance of concision and flourish - we should all strive to write like her
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Sontag really dives with enthusiasm into a topic that has only become more universalized in the time since this was written. It's wonderfully reflective, of dense at times.
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This book was difficult for me, but thinking more and googling helped me a lot ))
This book is more philosophical.
I am not a photographer, but it was interesting to know how attitude to photography changed and the meaning of it and how different people like/hate to be photographed, if that makes sense))
I also learned some new names of famous people, who's also written about photography.
Definitely worth reading for self-education I think.
This book is more philosophical.
I am not a photographer, but it was interesting to know how attitude to photography changed and the meaning of it and how different people like/hate to be photographed, if that makes sense))
I also learned some new names of famous people, who's also written about photography.
Definitely worth reading for self-education I think.
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I don't think anyone has put into words how I feel about photography quite as well as Susan sontag
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