Overview- "On Photography"
Overview of “ON PHOTOGRAPHY” By Susan Sontag The essay begins with specificity and specialties' that photography holds. Photography means putting oneself into certain relations to the world that feel like knowledge and more like power. They are miniatures of reality that anyone can make or acquire. Chris Marker’s film, Si j’avais quatre dromadaires, is an in-depth glance into the still photographs, how they create an impact in visual legibility and emotional impact. Another major aspect that comes with photographs is its ability to furnish evidence. It provides very specific proof of something that happened. The picture may distort; but there is always a presumption that something exists, or doesn't exist, which is like what is in the picture. From 1840, photography got its golden age in which the world was considered a set of potential photographs. From the beginning photograph was ...