ways of seeing

Susan Sontag, in her recent posthumously published book At The Same Time, says photography is not seeing - it is a way of seeing. To me she seems to be saying that photography tends to separate people from reality while pretending to show it to them.

I do believe all photos lie to some extent. When someone looks at my photos it would make me happier if, rather than saying 'oh that place is beautiful', they said 'I'd like to see that for myself' and they go and look.


Everton, April 2007