Susan Sontag, On Photograpy: "Most tourists feel compelled to put the camera between themselves and whatever is remarkable that they encounter. Unsure of other responses, they take a picture. This gives shape to experience: stop, take a photograph, and move on. The method especially appeals to people handicapped by ruthless work ethic - Germans, Japanese, and Americans."
And Norwegians too, I suppose. But don't let the quotation fool you; she wasn't as negative as she sounds.
And Norwegians too, I suppose. But don't let the quotation fool you; she wasn't as negative as she sounds.
Sontag continues: "Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to have fun."
