Susan Sontag

It is interesting how much power a photograph can have. It can be used to visually show proof, to reveal the truth. It can become a link to one's past and like the reading states "to collect the world". After the industrialization of photography it became not only an art form, but a normal process of life, to record an experience or important event. Even though the event may be over, the photograph will still exist, its like a method for proof. As amazing as it is to be able to collect moments in your life in photographs, I do agree with the reading about how photography can become an addiction. It can sort of replace the feeling of personal experience or "fill in the blanks in our mental pictures",  although you can never truly understand anything from a photo.