Essay
Edition from 2019, first published in 2003
Text in English
Publication by Penguin
116 p., no images
Paperback
Famous essay by the American philosopher, writer, filmmaker and activist Susan Sontag about the meaning and use of war photos.
Susan Sontag (1933-2004) was an American writer, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay ""Notes on 'Camp'"", in 1964. Her best-known works include On Photography, Against Interpretation, Styles of Radical Will, The Way We Live Now, Illness as Metaphor, Regarding the Pain of Others, The Volcano Lover, and In America.