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On Photography by Susan Sontag

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Sontag interestingly provides keen observations on the interplay between photography and reality. Photography simultaneously as a means of capturing life and altering it, immortalizing it and reckoning with mortality. Its aid in the proliferation of consumerism, conferment of importance on the seemingly banal, reality as its pale comparison, its anesthetizing effects on emotions, and as a tool of the maintainance of social, racial and class divides are just some of fascinating connections made with images in this extensive work.