On Reading Susan Sontag

One of the points that Susan Sontag brought up was that photography is often used for the typical "group photo." Immediately, it brought to mind a picture I took at my birthday party of my "peeps". Everyone kept grouping together when I had my camera out, when I was actually just trying to take photos of them being their normal geeky selves. This also brought to mind where she spoke about photography about being non-intervention. I tried my best to not intervene, but what can I say....the camera makes some people do the strangest things.

Susan Sontag Reading

I thought that this photo fit the Susan Sontag reading. The picture displays not only the emotion of the soldier, but demonstrates how a picture can sway thought. In the photo the soldiers are shown as loving, caring, human people, as opposed to what there job entails.

Derek Klayum

Photo for On Photography

an Arbus-like photograph of a prostitute

-Racheal Johnson-