To photograph people is to violate them, by seeing them as they never see themselves, by having knowledge of them that they can never have.
Susan SontagThe principal instances of mass violence in the world today are those committed by governments within their own legally recognized borders.
Susan SontagAs objects of contemplation, images of the atrocious can answer to several different needs. To steel oneself against weakness. To make oneself more numb. To acknowledge the existence of the incorrigible.
Susan Sontag