Plato, Lato

This is the post I had on D2l, With pictures JOY!

Sontag starts out with some big statements in the reason a person, an American or Japanese especially, takes a picture. She makes crazy remarks of how the tourist needs to put the camera between them and the remarkable object. I can't see how someone could believe that a person just takes a picture to not feel weird or out of place, of course theirs no love or passion in the action. Sontag insists that taking a photo is our work away from work. When I read this, i already had a dislike for whatever that could come later in the article.
Even though I was unhappy already, I did come to understand what she meant about the camera becoming advertised like a car, and compared to a gun. Lester wrote about the invasion of privacy a person could feel from us walking about with a camera/gun. Most take the situational candid photo moment with light reactions. They see it happen and are stunned for a moment or not fazed at all. Some people though, celebrity or not, with a rough day or some liquor might not be so hesitant to cause a bigger situation. I can totally see the camera a mental weapon.