In these six incisive essays, Sontag examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality and authority in our lives. Photographs have the power to shock, idealize or seduce, they create a sense of nostalgia and act as a memorial, and they can be used as evidence against us or to identify us. Photographs are everywhere, and the 'insatiability of the photographing eye' has profoundly altered our relationship with the world. On Photography is a collection of essays by American writer, academic, and activist Susan Sontag. She connects the modern incarnation of the camera to social aspects of human life instead of purely artistic or upper-class aspects. In six essays, Zonta not only discusses the philosophical question of how to understand reality and how to achieve. Sontag argues that women are highly valued, assessed, and judged based on their looks, as opposed to their intelligence and abilities. Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Susan Sontag on Photography Review In the essay entitled Why We Take Pictures, Susan Sontag highlights how the practice and hobby of taking photographs has changed radically since the invention of the camera. In A Woman’s BeautyA Put Down or Power Source, Susan Sontag explores the implications of the term beauty to the female gender. Susan Sontag's On Photography is a seminal and groundbreaking work on the subject.
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