Susan sontag on photography

Susan Sontag, January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004.

A treasure-trove of rare photographs from NYC's 1960s counter-culture scene taken by legendary snapper Fred W. McDarrah have been released by the Museum of the City of New York.

How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. 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…

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58 likes, 6 comments - bharatpatelphotography on September 1, 2020: "Published in 1978, well before social media existed but relevant today more than ever. "Technology made possible an ever increasing spread of that mentality which looks at the world as a set of potential photographs" Susan Sontag. "Recently photography has become almost as widely practised an amusement as sex and dancing.." Susan Sontag. #susansontag #onphotography #photography #book #johnberger #iggramming #documentary".

American author Susan Sontag speaks to a roomful of people at an unidentified event, New York, New York, October 30, 1971.