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4.3 · 224 pages · First published 1977
On Photography is a 1977 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It originally appeared as a series of essays in the New York Review of Books between 1973 and 1977. In the book, Sontag expresses her views on the history and present-day role of photography in capitalist societies as of the 1970s. Sontag discusses many examples of modern photography, among these, she contrasts Diane Arbus's work with that of Depression-era documentary photography commissioned by the Farm Security Administration. (Wikipedia)
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Artistic PhotographyFotografía artísticaPhilosophyPhotographyLong Now Manual for CivilizationPhotographie artistiqueFotografieFilosofische aspectenFotografia artísticaTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERINGReferenceImaging SystemsPhotography, artisticTr183 .s65 1990770/.1FotografíaMoral and ethical aspectsSocial aspectsFilosofíaAspectos sociales
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