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October 20, 2005
On Photography
I was definitely able to relate to this essay and I loved Susan Sontag's views on photography in general. I feel that Sontag did a great job talking about the aspects of photography and the role of the photographer. Also, there were many good references and quotes in this piece and I feel they sum up the ideas that Sontag addressed...
"A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it."
"The photographer stays behind his or her camera, creating a tiny element of another world: the image-world that bids to outlast us all."
"Comes from the awareness of how plausible it has become, in situations where the photographer has the choice between a photograph and a life, to choose the photograph."
"After the event has ended, the picture will still exist, conferring on the event a kind of immortality."
Posted by lcissearls at October 20, 2005 12:10 AM