Quoting Susan Sontag, On Photography, 1977

Surrealism has always courted accidents, welcomed the uninvited, flattered disorderly presences. What could be more surreal than an object which virtually produces itself, and with a minimum of effort? An object whose beauty, fantastic disclosures, emotional weight are likely to be further enhanced by any accidents that might befall it?

— Susan Sontag, On Photography, 1977

6:51pm on August 31, 2024.


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