Susan Sontag explores the potential of photography as documentation, testimony, art, manipulation tool and product – reality captured in a square mini version.
Om Fotografie is a classic in cultural criticism, providing an in-depth analysis of visual culture and taking a critical and investigative approach to the logic of consumption of which photography became, and continues to be, a manifestation. In a capitalist society, there is a need for images that can inform and continuously provide entertainment.
Sontag's view of the stimulating visual society appears more relevant today than ever, when we are flooded with images, both as self-representation and as documentation of war and climate change.
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) was a significant figure in the 20th century intellectual landscape – as a writer, cultural critic, filmmaker – and a central voice in the American avant-garde and left.
Author: Susan Sontag
Page count: 224
Publisher: A Mock Book
Language: Danish