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Susan Sontag (on photography) has argued that Diane Arbus’s photographs suggest “a world in which everybody is an alien, hopelessly isolated, immobilized in mechanical, crippled identities and relationships”. Critically discuss this view of Arbus’s work
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Susan Sontag (on photography) has argued that Diane Arbus's photographs suggest "a world in which everybody is an alien, hopelessly isolated, immobilized in mechanical, crippled identities and relationships". Critically discuss this view of Arbus's work. On Photography by Susan Sontag discusses in great length the work of Diane Arbus. Because of this it is important to work closely with the book in determining Sontag's main arguments and observations. In her above statement and in the essay Sontag takes the photographer Diane Arbus and raises her to the level of Artist. This is essential if we are to analyse Arbus' work. Her photography is less about technique and more about an artist concept. Sontag in the essay is very much putting forward photography as an artistic medium. What is essential to note when addressing Sontags above quote is that she was comparing Arbus' approach to photography with Edward Steichens. Her comparison quite...
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