Susan Sontag
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A portal to empathy: Photographs that change the world
It is important not to look away from visceral pictorial evidence of the suffering of disempowered people
Disease and disorder in the Covid-19 crisis
What do Covid-19, the killing of George Floyd and the toppling of statues express about the human condition at this time of disease-anxiety and global economic recession?
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Queer maketh camp
The artistic expression of identity has made its way to the most mainstream spotlight — the Met Gala
‘On Photography’ revisited
"Susan Sontag was right about extractive, reductive photos, but her context isn’t mine"
Memories don’t stop the hatred
Recalling atrocities of the past does not prevent new horrors from being committed in the future.
Writers recruit Hollywood stars for silent protests
Some of the biggest actors in Hollywood are to support striking writers in a series of internet downloads due to debut on Thursday. The cast list for the 21 spots, which range in…