I bought this for my mother and it absolutely did not disappoint. For an english literature major who is now figuring out the joys of digital photography from her phone, this book was the first she picked up from the birthday pile.
With the empowering tools everyone has in this age to become photographers, this book changes the way you think and how photographs have such a deeper subconscious impact in the way we see ourselves and the world.

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Product details
Listening Length | 6 hours and 12 minutes |
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Author | Susan Sontag |
Narrator | Jennifer Van Dyck |
Audible.in Release Date | 02 September 2011 |
Publisher | Audible Studios |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Unabridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B079B4MZY2 |
Best Sellers Rank |
#7,098 in Audible Audiobooks & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Audiobooks & Originals)
#4 in Art History & Criticism #597 in Photography Books #688 in Theory & Criticism |
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Reviewed in India on 14 September 2016
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Very thoughtful book. Good read for non photographers too.
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Great !!!!
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Very good packing! Good work!
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Good book
Reviewed in India on 14 September 2016
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per excellance
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Brilliantly scripted.
Reviewed in India on 18 December 2016
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This book deals with subjects and topics that are long gone and irrelevant, the world has changed and its integrated but the book is a haphazard bibliography of what has happened long time ago, and has a very western hamstrung perspective, if you are a young photographer this will not be any use to you....I will be surprised to know that this book is doing well in the west.
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Kirk McElhearn
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A fascinating book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2018Verified Purchase
A fascinating book, that is incredibly prescient. Much of what Sontag says applies to today's culture of images. While she didn't foresee the massive proliferation of images that exist today - notably the self-referential nature of a lot of photography - her insights are spot on. Sontag was writing in the 1970s, when photography - especially color photography - was becoming more commonplace, and she nails many of the cultural and sociological aspects of photographs. A must read for anyone who takes photography seriously.
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J M TUBBS
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What no pictures!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2020Verified Purchase
Famously a book on photography with no pictures. Almost every page contains an idea that could set you off in a new photographic direction., which leaves a lot to choose. The content is excellent. My copy suffered from print problems. Probably I should have sent it back. Otherwise it is a Five Star book.
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Squinancy
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Image as Icon
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 March 2016Verified Purchase
This is the world of the 1960s and '70s when paper print photographs seemed to be everywhere and yet were in fact few and far between compared to the ubiquitous image creation and retention of the digital era. Nonetheless, the modern reader can easily comprehend the technical, psychological, social and artistic embedding of photography that Sontag offers on these pages. Highly perceptive, succinct, sensitive analysis of visual image reproduction which had come into its own during the interwar years and defined how we watched the world right up to the appearance of the digital camera at the dawn of the new millennium.
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Gavin Mcewen
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A classic critical examination of photography.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2020Verified Purchase
I was aware of the book but had never read it. I found myself committed to giving a talk to my Photo Club on "Quotations from famous Photographers". I ordered the book through Amazon, it arrived promptly, and not only did Sontag provide some great quotes of her own but she includes an extensive supplement of quotations by photographers or about photography - just what I needed.

tmgreenhalgh
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well written and to the point. Essential for any early photography student.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 October 2017Verified Purchase
A good book for A level or college students, I was made to read this straight from school but have come back to it several times throughout my education and research practice. This is a good book to understand the direction of which you what to go in a historical context, simple and to the point as I mentioned in the title essential for any early photography student.
There is a reason why there are so many editions.
There is a reason why there are so many editions.
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