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On Photography
On Photography is a 1977 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It originally appeared as a series of essays in the "New York Review of Books" between 1973 and 1977.
Contents.
In the book, Sontag expresses her views on the history and present-day role of photography in capitalist societies as of the 1970s. Sontag discusses many examples of modern photography. Among these, she contrasts Diane Arbus's work with that of Depression-era documentary photography commissioned by the Farm Security Administration.
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1977
- Operation Nyalaun Kup Phase 1 (20 Feb - 8 May) - Geoceiver surveys, geodetic traversing, field completion and aerial photography. The Geoceiver operations in the islands east and north of the mainland completed the survey control for the 1:100,000 mapping program.
- Operation Nyalaun Kup Phase 2 (18 Jul - 2 Sep) - field completion of 1:100,000 maps in the highlands
- Operation Nyalaun Kup Phase 3 - (29 Sep - 27 Oct) - surveys to connect stations on New Britain established on