On Photography
by Susan Sontag
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Author: Susan SontagEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-08-25
ISBN: 0312420099
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Picador
Summary of On Photography
Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism.
One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as ?a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs.? It begins with the famous ?In Plato?s Cave?essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with a fascinating and far-reaching ?Brief Anthology of Quotations.?
One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as ?a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs.? It begins with the famous ?In Plato?s Cave?essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with a fascinating and far-reaching ?Brief Anthology of Quotations.?
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