Quoting Susan Sontag, On Photography, Ch. In Plato's Cave, 1977

To photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed. It means putting oneself into a certain relation to the world that feels like knowledge—and, therefore, like power.

— Susan Sontag, On Photography, Ch. In Plato’s Cave, 1977

8:56am on August 13, 2024.


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