Book club: Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others

Regarding the Pain of Others is an essay by the American critic and writer Susan Sontag on how we look at photographs of war, suffering and death, and what that means for our sense of reality. Sontag examines why images of other people’s pain stir sympathy in us, or detachment, or even indifference.

The book is useful for anyone who works with images — photographers, journalists, artists — and for anyone who wants to understand how media shape the way we see the world.

Read it and come to share your thoughts. Moderated by Yulia Reivakh, co-founder of the space and photographer.