On photography
Sontag, Susan, 1933-20042008
Book
Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs are everywhere. They have the power to shock, idealize or seduce, they create a sense of nostalgia and act as a memorial, and they can be used as evidence against us or to identify us.
Main title:
On photography / Susan Sontag.
Author:
Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004, author
Work:
Imprint:
London Penguin, 2008.©1977
Collation:
207 pages ; 18 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977; London: Allen Lane, 1978.Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
In Plato's cave. -- America, seen through photographs, darkly. -- Melancholy objects. -- The heroism of vision. -- Photographic evangels. -- The image world. -- A brief anthology of quotations.
ISBN:
9780141035789 (pbk)0141035781 (pbk)
Dewey class:
770.1
Language:
English
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BRN:
306723