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Tag: Susan Sontag

By Hole Ousia Posted on January 3, 2024November 18, 2024

a pseudo-presence and a token of absence

Quote: Susan Sontag – On Photography. Photograph: The Montrose Year Book

Categories: Philosophy, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: absence, CANMORE, Photography, Susan Sontag
By Hole Ousia Posted on January 3, 2024November 18, 2024

time’s relentless melt

Quote: Susan Sontag – On Photography. Image: Dr Peter Scott-Gordon in Warriston Cemetery

Categories: Philosophy, This is Not yesterday, Time passes, Two culturesTags: mortality, Peter Scott-Gordon, Photography, Susan Sontag, tombstone, Warriston Cemetery
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 29, 2023November 18, 2024

Heather cottage

I grew up in Colinton. I delivered milk and papers to the residents. This was long ago. However, the geography of Colinton, as I once experienced it, remains vivid in … Continue reading Heather cottage

Categories: Architecture, Family history, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: Colinton, Edinburgh, Susan Sontag
By Hole Ousia Posted on November 6, 2023November 19, 2024

QUESTIONS in CAMERA

Categories: Time passesTags: John Berger, Photography, Susan Sontag
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 28, 2023November 20, 2024

ways of seeing

The vision of John Berger [1926- 2017] has been guiding for me. The acuteness of Berger’s observation was matched only by his ability to describe ways of seeing: To play … Continue reading ways of seeing

Categories: Omphalos films, Two culturesTags: eyes, John Berger, Omphalos films, Photography, Rebel antiquary, seeing, Susan Sontag, ways of seeing

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