On Photography
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (557 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005KOL1YK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 580 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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A must for serious photographers Thomas B. Roach This should be a must read for any photographer whose mind seeks to go beyond the technical aspects of photography. When I read it, many of her comments were aimed at those "snapshot prints" that ended up in photo albums, thus lacked impact for me as digital photography was th. Tedious As a high school student in an AP English class I was assigned to read a critics book. I happened to pick this book off of the list. As I began reading it, it did not interest me at all. I found the book incredibly redundant and pointless. She also constantly used huge words, . Blissfully intellectual, succulantly illuminating. A powerhouse of insights into the artistic realm of photography. The Z Man This got me thinking about photography in a way I never have. Now I have a strong understanding of what the medium is, and a better grasp of what to do to make my work stand out. Ms. Sontag is an intellectual without peer, her choice of words so eclectic yet perfect in express
This collection of six lucid and invigorating essays, with the most famous being "In Plato's Cave", make up a deep exploration of how the image has affected society.. When anything can be photographed, and photography has destroyed the boundaries and definitions of art, a viewer can approach a photograph freely, with no expectations of discovering what it means. First published in 1973, this is a study of the force of photographic images, which are continually inserted between experience and reality. Sontag here develops further the concept of "transparency"