About this title: In her great classic work ON PHOTOGRAPHY (1977), without including a single photograph, Susan Sontag looks at the impact of photography on real life in the 20th century. Her thesis is that the universal presence of the photographic image in our lives as something we take for granted has made the photograph more real than what it represents, and has changed irrevocably our notion of reality. Sontag explores different ways of seeing as she comments on the work of innovative photographers and filmmakers, and shows how, over the years, photography has transformed society in ways that we might not ...
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Edition: Printed in UK. Unknown publication date
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780374226268ISBN:0374226261
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Very good save extensive writing /drawing inside covers and on end pages. Otherwise unmarked, bright and solid. Spine uncreased. Light edgewear to cover. Price sticker on rear cover. 207 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
Date Published: 1978-08
ISBN-13:9780440566960ISBN:0440566967
Description: Fair. Price tag sticker removal left marks on cover and spine. No highlighting or underlining. Acceptable reading copy-Read it and pass it on! read more
Description: Good. 1977-Hardcover---may contain minor shelf-wear-Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2001-08-25
ISBN-13:9780312420093ISBN:0312420099
Description: New. New-Fast shipping from trusted wholesaler with many exclusive publisher contracts. May have slight edge wear from being on the shelf. May have remainder mark. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition, First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780440566960ISBN:0440566967
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very good paperback copy, lightly used. The spine is solid and square and free of reading creases. The cover is lightly rubbed around the edges. There is a bookplate in front, but the text of the book is clear and unmarked. ---------------------------------------- and probing essays about the art of photography. 207 pages. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Delta, New York
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780440566960ISBN:0440566967
Description: Good+ Considers the relation of photography to art, to conscience, and to knowledge. Essays contain illuminatiing discussions of the work of important photographers. Pictorial wraps, 207 pp. 1st Delta printing. Moderate wear with creases on front cover corners, no spine creases, minor spot on fore edge, otherwise clean throughout, tight binding. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, New York
Date Published: 1978
Description: Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-Between 7 3/4" and 9 3/4" 207 page book is in good condition with edgewear, slight scuffing on cover, markings from tape inside both covers, and library stamps on dedication page, on page sides, on page sides, and inside the back cover along with the library card pocket and some library labels. The DJ is in good condition with edgewear, discoloration on cover, library label on spine, and protected by a scuffed clear cover secured to the book with tape. ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780440566960ISBN:0440566967
Description: Good-Used in None as Issued jacket. / 0440566967. Never been read. Book has some shelf wear and a bump on top corner. Ships with confirming email. 100% money back guarantee. read more
"A collection of essays on photography by Susan Sontag. Sontag applies her depth and breadth of knowledge to offer both praise and critique on the nature of photography. Very insightful and thoughtfully composed. Sontag frequently relies on sources inside and outside photography to make an assessment of what photography is and tries to grapple with the implications of making a photograph. These few essays have spawned numberless responses and much of what is written in contemporary photographic theory refers back to the groundwork Sontag laid in these pieces."
""On Photography" offers an excellent analysis of the act of taking (or making) images and places the photographic act within a critical view of consumer culture. Written in the 70's but still very relevant today."
"While this book may largely come across as anti-photography, the most important part to me is how thought provoking it can be. Many of Sontag's concepts are extreme, and sometimes seem flippant and groundless. However, the depth of analysis, even for severe sentiments, challenges one to define for themselves how their views differ."
On Photography was my first experience reading anything by Susan Sontag. Occasionally you run into a writer that you know is a person of immense intelligence, like some kind of superpower, and yet they have the ability to write in a clear and approachable manner that's a joy to read. I found Sontag's work to be like that.
As a person who enjoys photography and enjoys making photographs, I was fascinated by this essay on the significance of it as an art form and its cultural impact."
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