Description
Susan Sontag's seminal work, On Photography, offers a profound examination of the role and impact of photographic images in contemporary society. Through a series of incisive essays, Sontag probes how photography mediates our experience of reality, shaping our perceptions and understanding of the world. She critically analyzes the medium's power to both document and distance, questioning its relationship to truth, memory, and art. This collection remains a vital exploration of how the proliferation of images has fundamentally altered our visual culture and our engagement with the events and people captured within them.
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paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
Published Dec 5, 2002
224 pages
ISBN: 9780141187167
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First Published
1977
Language
eng
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