Susan Sontag ~ Charise J
Susan Sontag " Beautifying is one classic operation of the camera, and it tends to bleach out a moral response to what is shown. " (64) " It is a view of suffering, of the pain of others, that is rooted in religious thinking, which links pain to sacrifice, sacrifice to exaltation— a view that could not be more alien to a modern sensibility, which regards suffering as something that is a mistake or an accident or a crime. " (77-78) " Such images cannot be more than an invitation to pay attention, to reflect, to learn, to examine the rationalizations for mass suffering offered by established powers. " (91) She wanted to express her point on how you can catch a true moment with a camera instead of finding something that was staged. The photos are either banned, restricted, or censored by the government because they don't want people to have a say on the photos that isn't staged. When war photos that isn't staged comes out, there are people who