On Photography
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Picador
Published: August 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780312420093
Subjects: Photography As An Art; Photography; Photo Essays; Criticism; Photography / General; General; Artistic photography; Photography, Artistic
First sentence: Humankind lingers unregenerately in Plato's cave, still reveling, its age-old habit, in mere images of the truth.
Description: Essays explore the aesthetic and moral problems raised by the presence of the photographic image in modern-day life; consider the relation of photography to art, conscience, and knowledge; and examine the works of major photographers.