The Power and Ethics of Photography
Words: 851 Pages: 3 5262In In Plato’s Cave, Susan Sontag connects photography and reality, drawing parallels to Plato's allegory of the cave. Sontag posits that humanity remains ensnared in a metaphorical cave, where the shadows cast by photographs shape our perception of reality, much like the prisoners in Plato's cave who mistake shadows for the essence of objects. This metaphor underscores the notion that photography, while seemingly transparent, only offers a superficial glimpse of the world, often leading us to accept these images as […]