{"product_id":"on-photography-1","title":"On Photography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Sontag's \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e is a seminal and groundbreaking work on the subject.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSusan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs are everywhere, and the 'insatiability of the photographing eye' has profoundly altered our relationship with the world. Photographs have the power to shock, idealize or seduce, they create a sense of nostalgia and act as a memorial, and they can be used as evidence against us or to identify us. In these six incisive essays, Sontag examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality and authority in our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Sontag offers enough food for thought to satisfy the most intellectual of appetites'\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A brilliant analysis of the profound changes photographic images have made in our way of looking at the world, and at ourselves'\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The most original and illuminating study of the subject'\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of America's best-known and most admired writers, Susan Sontag was also a leading commentator on contemporary culture until her death in December 2004. Her books include four novels and numerous works of non-fiction, among them \u003ci\u003eRegarding the Pain of Others\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIllness as Metaphor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAt the Same Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Interpretation and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReborn: Early Diaries 1947-1963\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which are published by Penguin. A further eight books, including the collections of essays \u003ci\u003eUnder the Sign of Saturn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhere the Stress Falls\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Volcano Lover\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Benefactor\u003c\/i\u003e, are available from Penguin Modern Classics.","brand":"Susan Sontag","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47282162925804,"sku":"9781250374745","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781250374745.jpg?v=1770328088","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/on-photography-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}