Sontag, Susan,
On photography - United States of America : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1977 . - 208 pages
In Plato's cave -- America, seen through photographs, darkly -- Melancholy objects -- Heroism of vision -- Photographic evangels -- Image world -- Brief anthology of quotations.
Essays explore the aesthetic and moral problems raised by the presence of the photographic image in modern-day life; consider the relation of photography to art, conscience, and knowledge; and examine the works of major photographers.
0312420099 9780312420093
Photography, Artistic.
Photography--Philosophy.
770.1
On photography - United States of America : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1977 . - 208 pages
In Plato's cave -- America, seen through photographs, darkly -- Melancholy objects -- Heroism of vision -- Photographic evangels -- Image world -- Brief anthology of quotations.
Essays explore the aesthetic and moral problems raised by the presence of the photographic image in modern-day life; consider the relation of photography to art, conscience, and knowledge; and examine the works of major photographers.
0312420099 9780312420093
Photography, Artistic.
Photography--Philosophy.
770.1