Reading Notes: On Photography —— susan sontag

I'm so stupid, I can't read it at all, I can't read a page. Leave! Leave!

Forget it, let's write a little.

On Photography is actually a philosophical book about photography.

This paper mainly discusses whether photography is art, the relationship between photography and painting, the relationship between photography and the real world, and the predatory and aggressive nature of photography.

Difficult photography theory knowledge, discussion about artistic truth and hypocrisy, discussion about beauty and sociology.

Should photography constantly seek beauty and discover beauty, or should it reflect the grotesque, dirty and cruel reality?

Collecting photos is collecting the world.

Shooting is to possess what is being photographed.

Photos, provide evidence.

Photography is a form of entertainment, a social ceremony, a method to prevent anxiety and a correct tool.

Cameras, like guns and cars, are addictive fantasy machines.

Photos can incite desire in the most direct and effective way.

The ethical content of photos is fragile.

Industrial society has turned people into camera addicts, which is the most irresistible form of mental pollution.

In the early decades of photography, people expected photos to be idealized images.

Taking pictures is to give "importance".

Whitman believes that beauty should be universal!

No moment is more important than other moments, and no moment is more interesting than another.

In the retrospective exhibition of Albus held by 1972, 1 12 photos are similar, and they are dedicated to capturing some painful, grotesque and psychotic works. (Abs committed suicide at 197 1).

She (Albus) is used to talking about fucking fashion, fucking fashion and fucking beautiful things.

At this stage, photography gradually turned from affirmation to negation.

What we are discussing is: Should art truly reflect life or be surreal?

Photography has an unattractive reputation, that is, it is the most realistic and therefore the most superficial imitation art.

Poverty is not more surreal than wealth, and a ragged body is not more surreal than a prince dressed for a ball or a pure nude.

Photos turn the past into consumable items, so they are shortcuts.

Any photo album is a preview of surrealist montage and a brief description of history by surrealism.

The charm of photo license not only reminds people of death, but also makes people sad.

Photographers are as motivated by passion as collectors. Even if it seems to be a passion for the present, it is actually an emotional connection to the past.

Through the lens, the dark factories and the streets with billboards all look as beautiful as churches and pastoral scenery.

Photography extended the literati's discovery of the beauty of ruins in the18th century to the ruins of modernism-reality itself.

The temptation of photos is that they provide the relationship between the viewer and the world at the same time.

Cameras are not only used for recording, but also for people to look for "beauty".

Since the invention of the camera, a special kind of heroism has prevailed in the world: heroism is in sight. Photography has opened up a brand-new mode of free activities, so that everyone can show some unique and enthusiastic feelings.

Photography is generally regarded as a tool to understand things.

The relationship between photography and painting: photography actually liberated painting. Painting used to need to reproduce reality, but now it only needs artistic expression.

The camera can be a kind expert or a cruel expert.

The relationship between photography and painting is considered as "patricide", and the relationship between photography and characters is considered as "plunder".

Photographers are ambivalent, whether they attack reality or succumb to it.

Primitive, don't like to use the latest photographic equipment. (Just like many people still use film machines now)

Masters believe that photography should come from real life (that is, no posing, no cheating)

Contemporary photographic works are basically taking the "formalism route"

Photos have their own unique flavor.

Photography is obtained in many ways.

Reality is difficult to control and unattainable. Photography is a small piece of the real world and a dismemberment of reality.

Photos, what brought us in, were not reality, but images.

The limitation of photography in China is nothing more than reflecting their social characteristics.

I am eager to capture all the beauty in front of me, and after long-term efforts, I finally got my wish.