An edition of On photography (1977)

Sobre la fotografía

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An edition of On photography (1977)

Sobre la fotografía

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El libro más emblemático de una escritora comprometida con los temas más candentes de su tiempo y que cierra con un interrogante: ¿hasta qué punto puede mentir una cámara?

Sobre la fotografía, publicado por primera vez en 1973, supuso un trabajo revolucionario en la crítica fotográfica. Con él, Susan Sontag planteó cuestiones ineludibles, en el plano moral y estético, acerca de esta forma artística. Hay fotografías en todas partes; tienen la potestad de impactar, idealizar o seducir, pueden provocar la nostalgia o pueden servir de recordatorio, y se erigen en prueba contra nosotros o en el medio para identificarnos.

En estos seis penetrantes capítulos, Sontag se pregunta cómo afecta la omnipresencia de estas imágenes a nuestro modo de ver el mundo, y cómo hemos llegado a depender de ellas para confeccionar las nociones de realidad y autoridad.

Publish Date
Publisher
Alfaguara
Language
Spanish
Pages
285

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Cover of: Sobre la fotografía
Sobre la fotografía
2007, Alfaguara
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: On photography
On photography
2005, Rosetta
electronic resource / in English - 1st electronic ed.
Cover of: On Photography
On Photography
August 25, 2001, Picador
Paperback in English - 1 edition
Cover of: On photography
On photography
1990, Anchor Books
in English - 1st Anchor Books ed.
Cover of: On photography
On photography
1977, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Book club ed.
Cover of: On photography.
On photography.
1977, Dell
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
Madrid, Spain
Translation Of
On Photography
Translated From
English

Contributors

Translator
Carlos Gardini
Revised by
Aurelio Major

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
285

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26372672M
Internet Archive
sobrelafotografi00sont
ISBN 10
8420402125
ISBN 13
9788420402123
OCLC/WorldCat
233031234

Work Description

On Photography is a 1977 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It originally appeared as a series of essays in the New York Review of Books between 1973 and 1977. In the book, Sontag expresses her views on the history and present-day role of photography in capitalist societies as of the 1970s. Sontag discusses many examples of modern photography, among these, she contrasts Diane Arbus's work with that of Depression-era documentary photography commissioned by the Farm Security Administration. (Wikipedia)

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November 1, 2022 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
November 24, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Fixed publisher, year, and IDs
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November 24, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Moved edition to primary work
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