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Regarding the Pain of Others

Susan Sontag

What does it mean to look at photographs of other people's suffering from far away, and does seeing it oblige us to act?

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Author
Susan Sontag

Why read it

  • You will learn to ask what a harrowing image is doing to you and what, if anything, you are asked to do
  • You will see how the same photograph means something different in a gallery, a newspaper or an advertisement
  • You will understand the difference between acknowledging suffering and protesting it

Who it is for

  • Anyone who scrolls past war images and feels numb or guilty
  • A photographer, editor or journalist choosing what to show
  • A reader asking whether looking at suffering helps anyone

Contents

  1. Epigraphs
  2. Chapter 1
  3. Chapter 2
  4. Chapter 3
  5. Chapter 4
  6. Chapter 5
  7. Chapter 6
  8. Chapter 7
  9. Chapter 8
  10. Chapter 9

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