On photography

By Susan Sontag

Subjects: Reference, Photographie artistique, Photography, artistic, PHOTOGRAPHY, Fotografía artística, Filosofische aspecten, Fotografie, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Tr183 .s65 1990, Long Now Manual for Civilization, 770/.1, Photography, Artistic Photography, Fotografia artística, Imaging Systems, Philosophy

Description: On Photography is a 1977 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It originally appeared as a series of essays in the New York Review of Books between 1973 and 1977. In the book, Sontag expresses her views on the history and present-day role of photography in capitalist societies as of the 1970s. Sontag discusses many examples of modern photography, among these, she contrasts Diane Arbus's work with that of Depression-era documentary photography commissioned by the Farm Security Administration. ([Wikipedia][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Photography