{"product_id":"on-photography-susan-sontag-9781250374745","title":"On Photography","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Sontag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 125037474X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250374745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Susan Sontag","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897920839935,"sku":"9781250374745","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52828342-0e7b-47d1-86af-c8b7774f5cde.jpg?v=1721375068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-photography-susan-sontag-9781250374745","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}