An interesting history and philosophy of photography.Pair with 'Ways of Seeing'. ( )

A work of very high-brow criticism, which at its worst is only clever. The best of it is very good indeed, but most of it is written with no concern for accessibility – it is anything but linear in argument. The epistemological/ontological statuses of photographs are the common threads that try to weave the separate essays together, unsuccessfully in my opinion. ( )

Excellent reflections on photography for the photographer or those interested in art. I found the discussion of the use of photographs in China, and the Chinese misinterpretation of Antonioni's framing particularly enlightening. ( )

These book is a collection of essays on the subject of photography written by Susan Sontag. She did a complete review of every aspect the field ... its relation with reality, art, photography on a repressive society (China) ...

If anything one can regret that the book, written in the 70's, doesn't cover the current state of photography (how we all take pictures and share them on the internet and how that affects our memories and values.) ( )

A very thought provoking book on the impact of images on our culture and the people who take them. It changed my view of photography. ( )