Top 3 Chapters for Discussion:
1. Chapter 3: 'Sweet is to scan...' Personal photographs and popular photography - I am eager to learn about the ways personal photographs have developed. Also, I am interested to see what the author defines as personal and the difference between popular photography and art. Some of the old personal photographs are so interesting that I could easily view them as art.
2. Chapter 4: The Subject as Object - I think this will be a challenging chapter dealing with issues that I still struggle with. For example, should certain images be censored? Images of war and death can commodify the devastating loss but would it be right in a free country to censor these photographs? There will be many challenging questions to be raised and I think the discussion will be very interesting.
3. Chapter 5: Spectacles and Illusions - this chapter interests me because I have briefly worked in the fashion industry and I have seen some of the darks sides to commercial photography and the affect it can have especially on women. I am interested in learning more about the photograph's role in our commodity culture.
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