I was with Ms Sontag for the first couple of sentences, but she lost
me thereafter. I think that she is a candidate for "Pseuds' Corner"
in Private Eye. I wonder... will they pay me for an entry if it is
third-hand?
:>).
Chris
At 03:50 -0500 09/11/02, Doggre@xxxxxxx wrote:
Googling, I came across this gem on photography:
"Like guns and cars, cameras are fantasy-machines whose use is
addictive. However, despite the extravagances of ordinary language
and advertising, they are not lethal. In the hyperbole that markets
cars like guns, there is at least this much truth: except in
wartime, cars kill more people than guns do. The camera/gun does
not kill, so the ominous metaphor seems to be all bluff - like a
man's fantasy of having a gun, knife, or tool between his legs."
(from Susan Sontag On Photography, 1977)
Rich
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