CS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Susan Sontag, Photojournalism, Reproductive Technology
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Cs 100 - a :lecture: monday, november 13th: To photograph is to appropriate (to take something) the thing being photographed . Value and photograph: photograph can be more or less valued than the object itself. Desire and photograph: people welcoming photographer"s gaze but also trying to get away from it. Evidence and photograph: inherent to understanding photography, used in law to prove something, more everyday use. While a painting or prose description can never be other than a narrowly selective interpretation, a photograph can be treated as a narrowly selective transparency. Multi generations under one roof model in decline. There is an aggression implicit in every use of the camera . Travel becomes a reason to accumulate pictures. Key: the disconnect between technological possibility and the structures that support it. Use of reproduction technology, halftone illustration reproduction - more outlets. Development of hand-held (small,fast) cameras, leaving tripods behind - more subjects, including the trivial.
