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October 20, 2005
Sontag's On Photography
I really enjoyed this essay "On Photography" by Susan Sontag. It was pretty straightforward and thus an easy, enjoyable read. While reading I knew that I believed in a lot of the things that Sontag said. For example, she talks about the use of photography to create memories. This is an obvious use of photographs, but we often underestimate how strong this use. Photographs are part of our every day lives, whether it be looking at a friends photo album, taking pictures of an experience, or gazing at photographs of our family and friends.
I truly support all of Sontag's beliefs, but could never articulate them as well as she did.
--Brenna DeCotis
Posted by lciscotis at October 20, 2005 03:08 PM
Comments
Brenna--I certainly agree with you. Sontag was able to incorporate all of our frustrations with photography (especially on vacation), but also our obsession with it in such an interesting way. We do live in a society flooded with photographs everywhere. They have become a crucial part of our world. --Christina
Posted by: Christina at October 20, 2005 09:51 PM