"I have not photographed everything yet,
but it is on my list.“
Nobody exclaims,” Isn’t that ugly! I must take a picture of it”
-Susan Sonntag; The Heroism of Vision-
So successful has been the camera’s role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful.”
-Susan Sonntag; The Heroism of Vision-
“A way of certifying experience, taking photographs is also a way of refusing it - by limiting experience to a search for the photogenic.”
-Susan Sonntag; In Plato’s Cave-
“The news that the camera could lie made getting photographed much more popular.” -Susan Sonntag; The Heroism of Vision-
Most tourists feel compelled to put the camera between themselves
and whatever is remarkable that they encounter.”
-Susan Sonntag; In Plato’s Cave 1977-
