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224 pages • first pub 1973 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
For readers drawn to sharp, reflective essays on the moral weight and seductive unreality of images. Ideal if you relish measured, idea-dense prose that lingers over perception, power, and the ethics of looking, with a cool intellectual tone and art-critique aesthetic.
Description
First published in 1973, this is a study of the force of photographic images which are continually inserted between experience and reality. Sontag develops further the concept of 'transparency'. When anything can be photographed and photography ha...
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informative: 84%
reflective: 75%
challenging: 41%
inspiring: 29%
emotional: 4%
relaxing: 3%
adventurous: 1%
dark: 1%
funny: 1%
hopeful: 1%
lighthearted: 1%
tense: 1%
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Graphic
Ableism, Racism, XenophobiaModerate
Rape, Violence
224 pages • first pub 1973 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
For readers drawn to sharp, reflective essays on the moral weight and seductive unreality of images. Ideal if you relish measured, idea-dense prose that lingers over perception, power, and the ethics of looking, with a cool intellectual tone and art-critique aesthetic.
Description
First published in 1973, this is a study of the force of photographic images which are continually inserted between experience and reality. Sontag develops further the concept of 'transparency'. When anything can be photographed and photography ha...
Community Reviews
Moods
informative: 84%
reflective: 75%
challenging: 41%
inspiring: 29%
emotional: 4%
relaxing: 3%
adventurous: 1%
dark: 1%
funny: 1%
hopeful: 1%
lighthearted: 1%
tense: 1%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Ableism, Racism, XenophobiaModerate
Rape, Violence