Photography

Susan Sontag

1973

Photographs shock us in so far as they show us something novel. Unfortunately, the ante keeps getting raised—partly through the very proliferation of such images of horror. One’s first encounter with the photographic inventory of ultimate horror is a kind of revelation, perhaps the only revelation people are granted now, a negative epiphany. For me…

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Creator Bio

Susan Sontag

1933–2004

Born in New York, Susan Sontag grew up in Tucson and Los Angeles. As a critic, essayist, novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Sontag produced controversial works on contemporary art, philosophy, literature, politics, and morality. She explored the art of photography and wrote about the stigma and metaphorical interpretations of disease in contemporary society. Among her numerous awards was the 2001 Jerusalem Prize.

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