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21%OFFSusan Sontag - On Photography - 9780140053975 - V9780140053975
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On Photography

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Description for On Photography Paperback. Offers a critique of photography that asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. This book examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality and authority in our lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.

'The most original and illuminating study of the subject' New Yorker

Photographs are everywhere. From high art to family albums to legal evidence, they capture and document the world around us. And whether we use them to expose, reveal or remember, they hold an enduring power.

In this essential and revelatory volume, Susan Sontag confronts important questions surrounding the power dynamics between photographer and subject, the blurred boundary between lived events and recreated images, and the desires that lead us to record our lives.

'Complex and contradictory... one of America's greatest public intellectuals' Observer

'Susan Sontag ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140053975
SKU
V9780140053975
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About Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include On Photography, Regarding the Pain of Others and At the Same Time. She was also the author of four novels, including The Volcano Lover and In America, as well as a collection of stories and several plays. She ... Read more

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