It was told so much about Sontag’s great capability of understand what photography would mean in our society. That’s what I told myself- I am not ready to read it yet.Īfter many years … many books and photos… I gave it a second try. I couldn’t relate to her words because they didn’t represent my experience.
Truth be told, I was naive like all newbies. My fascination with photography made Sontag’s words unbearable for me, they didn’t match my poetic vision, nor my feelings when viewing something through my camera. I read the book in no time, but it was like swallowing a bitter pill! We’re so hungry for knowledge and so passionate about learning and educating ourselves on everything photography related that we usually debate it for hours. Our love of photography and curiosity led us to want to know as much about it as possible. It was in vogue at the time, along with Roland Barthes’ “La chambre claire”. I had a Flickr account, and everyone I knew on the platform recommended this book to me. My first reading of Susan Sontag’s “On Photography” was in 2009, when I started taking photos.
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