Susan Sontag discusses the overall importance of
photography. She states that photographs alter and enlarge our notions of what
is worth looking at in the world and that they allow us to hold pieces of the
world in our hands no matter where we are. Furthering this idea, she says that
when one collects photography, they are collecting the world itself. Each
photograph is an experience captured and frozen in time. From their original
production, they can be manipulated by being cropped, touched, aged, displayed
on a wall, in a frame, or on a desk. Even though there may be 100 copies of the
same photo, each owner will make it their own. Photos are simply evidence to
proof that something happened. As a photographer, I agree with her whole-heartedly.
Photographs will remember moments for you that you may have been too young to
remember yourself, and I believe that to be something really special. Monday, April 7, 2014
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag discusses the overall importance of
photography. She states that photographs alter and enlarge our notions of what
is worth looking at in the world and that they allow us to hold pieces of the
world in our hands no matter where we are. Furthering this idea, she says that
when one collects photography, they are collecting the world itself. Each
photograph is an experience captured and frozen in time. From their original
production, they can be manipulated by being cropped, touched, aged, displayed
on a wall, in a frame, or on a desk. Even though there may be 100 copies of the
same photo, each owner will make it their own. Photos are simply evidence to
proof that something happened. As a photographer, I agree with her whole-heartedly.
Photographs will remember moments for you that you may have been too young to
remember yourself, and I believe that to be something really special. 
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