Week 2 Response: Regarding the Pain of Others

As you read and respond to excerpts from Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others, pay attention to the various theses that Sontag puts forward about the nature of photography and its relationship to violence. Notice that she presents limited evidence to support her claims. Think about what kinds of evidence we would need in order to test them.

Please respond to this reading with at least one original photograph that you create specifically for this assignment, plus 150-200 words of text that explain how your photograph relates to the reading.

Due: Sunday, 4/7 at 6pm