Photographers & Movies in Susan Sontag’s On Photography

On Photography is a collection of 6 essays written by Susan Sontag published in the year 1973.

Ever since its publication, it remains a must read for any one who is into the practice of photography — both professional and hobbyist.

The book — apart from its detailed assessment of the craft and art of photography — has a treasure trove of references to movies, books and a whole lot of photographers. This makes the book a great starting point for study and research.

Collected below are the list of movies and photographers discussed by the author in this book.

Movies mentioned in the book

• Les Carabiniers (1963)
• Si j'avais quatre dromadaires (1966)
• Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
• Rear Window (1954)
• Blow-Up (1966)
• The Cameraman (1928)
• Peeping Tom (1960)
• Freaks (1932)
• Menschen am Sonntag (1930)
• La Jetée (1962)
• The Terrible Children (1950)
• Chung Kuo - Cina (1972)

Photographers:

1. David Octavius Hill(1802 – 1870)
2. Oscar Gustave Rejlander (1813 – 1875)
3. Julia Margaret Cameron(1815 – 1879)
4. Nadar(1820 – 1910)
5. Mathew B. Brady(1822 – 1896)
6. Maxime Du Camp(1822 – 1894)
7. Henry Peach Robinson(1830 – 1901)
8. Thomas Eakins(1844 – 1916)
9. Jacob August Riis(1849 – 1914)
10. Adam Clark Vroman(1856 – 1916)
11. Eugène Atget(1857 – 1927)
12. Robert Demachy(1859 – 1936)
13. Alfred Stieglitz(1864 – 1946)
14. Paul Martin(1864 – 1944)
15. Arnold Genthe(1869 – 1942)
16. Helmar Lerski(1871 – 1956 )
17. Lewis Hine(1874 – 1940)
18. August Sander(1876 – 1964)
19. Edward Jean Steichen(1879 – 1973)
20. Charles Van Schaick(1885 – 1940)
21. Paul Strand(1890 – 1976)
22. Man Ray(1890 – 1976)
23. John Heartfield(1891 – 1968)
24. Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko(1891 – 1956)
25. Jacques Henri Lartigue(1894 – 1986)
26. André Kertész (1894 – 1985)
27. Dorothea Lange(1895 – 1965)
28. László Moholy-Nagy(1895 – 1946)
29. Albert Renger-Patzsch(1897 – 1966)
30. Brassaï(Gyula Halász)(1899 – 1984)
31. Weegee(1899 – 1968)
32. Ghitta Carel(1899 – 1972)
33. Walker Evans(1903 – 1975)
34. Russell Lee(1903 – 1986)
35. Aaron Siskind(1903 – 1991)
36. Harold Eugene Edgerton(1903 – 1990)
37. Bill Brandt(1904 – 1983)
38. Andreas Feininger(1906 – 1999)
39. Henri Cartier-Bresson(1908 – 2004)
40. Felix Greene(1909 – 1985)
41. Werner Bischof(1916 – 1954)
42. Todd Walker(1917 – 1998)
43. William Eugene Smith(1918 – 1978)
44. Lennart Nilsson(1922 – 2017)
45. Diane Arbus(1923 – 1971)
46. Marc Riboud(1923 – 2016)
47. Richard Avedon(1923 – 2004)
48. Robert Frank(1924 –)
49. Andy Warhol(1928 – 1987)
50. Duane Michals(1932)
51. Bruce Landon Davidson(1933 –)
52. Sir Donald McCullin(1935 –)

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