Regarding the Pain of Others
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780141012377
Subjects: Photojournalism; Violence; War and society; War in art; War photography; Atrocities
Description: Picking up from her 1977 book 'On Photography', Susan Sontag disusses how pictures can inspire dissent or foster violence. She examines the representation of atrocity from a contemporary viewpoint, challenging our thinking about the uses and meanings of images in our world.