. Photography and Text by Julia Chun, Copyright 2018 . A Review of Susan Sontag’s Classic, On Photography . Throughout the book, I felt that Sontag’s messages were quite heavy, as if she was warning me about the weight my act of photographing could have. She described the act of taking a picture as an … Read more
Photography and Artist Statement by Victoria Meng, Copyright 2018 . October 2011. I could contain the world within 8 megapixels with my first point and shoot camera: a small purple Nikon CoolPix. I was off on a school trip and my parents wanted me to capture every moment. After a week in Washington D.C., … Read more
Photography and Text by Karen Liao, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . Susan Sontag: On Photography . A Fresh Perspective on Photography . Susan Sontag’s On Photography is a highly complex, brilliant look at the development, meaning, and impact of photography on the world. The book is split into six chapters discussing various aspects of … Read more
Photography and Text by Justina McMinn, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . Susan Sontag: On Photography . Capturing Reality . Sontag makes many important points in her essays in On Photography. The first essay, however, really connected with me. In Plato’s Cave essentially says photography is a means for capturing reality. She talks about … Read more
. Photography and Text by Jesse Halpern, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . Susan Sontag: On Photography . The Bridge Between Beauty and Truth . My senior focus in my high school painting class was on objects that are under appreciated, things that we use daily that we do not really notice until we notice … Read more