One of the topics covered in her book, Sontag discusses how photography has become industrialised. It is no longer for a few, but widespread social use.
Photos are used for control- police, passports, identity cards. They are used for information-archives, spies. They are used to document everyday situations- the family album-births, weddings, children a possession of the past. Internet albums- a way of everyone seeing what you get up to. Tourism- souvenir of your trip, memories, experience of the world.
"Possession of a camera does not license intrusion, as it does in this society whether people like it or not...we pose where we can and yield when we must." What she is saying here is very true of todays society, people are not camera shy, photographs have become a visual aid to our lives. Photography has become mainstream, anyone can do it.
references: Susan Sontag On Photography
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