Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the…

Susan Sontag
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Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution. Poignant longings for beauty, for an end to probing below the surface, for a redemption and celebration of the body of the world. Ultimately, having an experience becomes identical with taking a photograph of it. ✨ Susan Sontag (1978). On photography, Delta
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