{"product_id":"on-photography-paperback","title":"On Photography - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Sontag\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography--its problems, politics, and possibilities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"To photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed,\" Sontag writes in the opening pages of \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, which went on to influence generations of theorists, film critics, and readers everywhere. Originally published in the 1970s, her groundbreaking collection remains uncannily prescient and profoundly precise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her singular searching eye, and her refusal to buckle under received wisdom, she presents a rousing critique of the functions of imagery--to seduce, to advertise, to evoke, to commemorate, to conspire, to conceal--across six essays. The result is a damning portrait of the ways we use imagery to manufacture reality and authority that feels as if it were written today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Sontag \u003c\/b\u003ewas the author of four novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Benefactor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath Kit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Volcano Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIn America\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2000 National Book Award for fiction; a collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eI, etcetera\u003c\/i\u003e; several plays, including \u003ci\u003eAlice in Bed\u003c\/i\u003e; and nine works of essays, among them \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. In 2001, Sontag was awarded the Jerusalem Prize for the body of her work. She died in New York City in 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43156047527999,"sku":"9781250374745","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/uzHFmr_Nbt9781250374745.webp?v=1776968778","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/on-photography-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}