On photography / Susan Sontag

London: Penguin, 1979. Reprint. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 207 pages. Contents: Title Page Contents. About the Author. Dedication. On Photography In Plato�s Cave America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly Melancholy Objects The Heroism of Vision Photographic Evangels The Image-World A Brief Anthology of Quotations Follow Penguin Copyright Page Footnotes America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly Melancholy Objects The Heroism of Vision Photographic Evangels The Image-World. Summary: Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs are everywhere, and the 'insatiability of the photographing eye' has profoundly altered our relationship with the world. Photographs 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 against us or to identify us. In these six incisive essays, Sontag examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality and authority in our lives. Subjects: Sontag, Susan 1933-2004. Photography Philosophy. Photography Social aspects. Photography Moral and ethical aspects. Photography, Artistic. Art Psychology. Art Philosophy. Genre: History. Photography, Artistic.