On Photography

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  Photography is just a big fat lie.

  I know, I'm going too far to say so. It's just sometimes you have to go to an extreme end in order to examine the 'norm' you're doing daily. Susan Sontag wrote about the defect of photography. You probably don't need to view all of her points seriously but in the very least; she has passed us a mess ... (continue)

  I know, I'm going too far to say so. It's just sometimes you have to go to an extreme end in order to examine the 'norm' you're doing daily. Susan Sontag wrote about the defect of photography. You probably don't need to view all of her points seriously but in the very least; she has passed us a message, nothing is divine so as the photo.

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  fruit said on Jun 3, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  A brilliant insight to photography and its purpose and why people feel the need to document through photographs. Sontag has a great understanding of photojournalism and the moral issues involved.

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  Valentine said on Apr 23, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  I competely disagree with Sondheim's argument that the act of photographing keeps the photographer disengaged from the world. It has been the exact opposite for me. Only through the excuse of photographing have I been able to overcome painful shyness and my reserved nature to BECOME engaged.

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  SWReader said on Oct 25, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 224 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0140053972
• ISBN-13: 9780140053975
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Pub date: Sep 27, 1979
• Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and Others
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