Susan Sontag Analysis

When comparing the descriptive technique of Susan Sontag's On Photography book between ALL MY LIFE FOR SALE by John D. Freyer and eBay, we will find that Mr. Freyer demonstrated a merely subjective description that was mentored solely by his own point of view. The assumption that “every photographer should read this book” in the beginning of his description, and asserting this assumption later by using an overstated sentence like: “Even the mom and pop photographers”, and further emphasizing by generalizing his own opinion and applying his own theory to the whole world by stating: “world would be a better place if all of the image makers in this county read a little Sontag”, illustrating clearly that he based his description on this own opinion
Further, and most importantly, I had a detailed description of the book content which helped me to truly envision it. EBay site displayed an attractive introduction to his description by stating: “Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs are everywhere, and the 'insatiability of the photographing eye' has profoundly altered our relationship with the world. Photographs have the power to shock, idealize or seduce, they create a sense of stalgia and act as a memorial, and they can be used as evidence against us or to identify us”. It illustrated the evidenced effect of photographs in our lives; demonstrating how photography can have its unique impression on us. Doing so, will motivate the audience to explore the hidden facts behind this art; especially after knowing that the book is analyzing the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding photography. Which consequently will create a very wide audience base. The message on eBay site is directed to any person who uses photographs, and who subsequently will be affected with theses photographs’ moral and esthetic aspects- which in turn can leave a strong impression on his life. The site further exhibits more subjective descriptions like: “Susan Sontag's On Photography is a seminal and groundbreaking work on the subject”, and also highlights some of magazines’ reviews as regards this book: “Sontag examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality and authority in our lives. Sontag offers enough food for thought to satisfy the most intellectual of appetite. (The Times). A brilliant analysis of the profound changes photographic images have made in our way of looking at the world, and at ourselves (Washington