| On Photography Contributor(s): Sontag, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312420099 ISBN-13: 9780312420093 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism. One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, "On Photography" first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as " a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs." It begins with the famous " In Plato' s Cave" essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with a fascinating and far-reaching " Brief Anthology of Quotations." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Criticism |
| Dewey: 770.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.53" W x 8.26" (0.46 lbs) 208 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism. One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, Susan Sontag's On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs. It begins with the famous In Plato's Caveessay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with a fascinating and far-reaching Brief Anthology of Quotations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sontag, Susan: - Susan Sontag was the author of four novels, including In America, which won the 2000 National Book Award for Fiction; a collection of stories; several plays; and seven works of nonfiction. She died in New York City on December 28, 2004. |