On Photography by Susan Sontag - Goodreads.
On Photography is a collection of essays by American writer, academic, and activist Susan Sontag. First published in 1977, it brings together a series of nonfiction pieces originally published in The New York Review of Books between 1973 and 1977.
Susan Sontag on how photography shapes our understanding of warfare—for better and for worse.
One hallmark of advanced writing is the effectiveness with which one uses another person's words and ideas. There are three ways to accomplish this: summary, paraphrase, and direct quote.
Critical Analysis of the First Essay in Susan Sontags Book On Photography (Andre Nagel, 2019) Introduction. In the first semester, I first encounter with Susan Sontag. To be honest, I must admit that at that time, I found the essay hard to read for many reasons. It challenged my vocabulary, my intellect and finally, my view on photography. This and the recommendation from my first semester.
Susan Sontag was an incandescent presence in American culture, whether as essayist, fiction writer, filmmaker, or political activist. As a critic, she became the most provocative and influential voice of her time. More than a commentator on her era, she helped shape it. This volume brings together four essential works of the 1960s and 70s, books whose intelligence and brilliant style confirm.
Susan Sontag, In Plato’s Cave from the book: On Photography. Humankind lingers unregenerately in Plato's Cave, still reveling, its age-old habit, in mere images of the truth. But being educated by photographs is not like being educated by older, more artisanal images. For one thing, there are a great many more images around, claiming our attention. The inventory started in 1839 and since.
Sontag came to believe that her fiction was a much fuller representation of herself than the essays that made her famous, and, in one of her diva-isms, became furious when she was asked about the essays later in life. Moser cites Castle’s insight that Sontag didn’t like talking about “Notes on Camp” in particular because it was too obviously queer for the later universally high-minded.