That's probably a "package deal". I think she had to take her own writings seriously and at face value to be able to continue to write like this.
And if she really believed what she wrote in her On Photography book, for example "to photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed", "photographs, which package the world, seem to invite packaging", "there is an aggression implicit in every use of the camera"...
then it's not all that surprising that she was rude to the photographers. It's annoying that this had to be a "package deal", but I am afraid this was inevitable. I am not sure why a strong dose of "left-wing nihilism" seems to always be required for this kind of aesthetic effect, but it seems to be necessary.
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And if she really believed what she wrote in her On Photography book, for example "to photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed", "photographs, which package the world, seem to invite packaging", "there is an aggression implicit in every use of the camera"...
then it's not all that surprising that she was rude to the photographers. It's annoying that this had to be a "package deal", but I am afraid this was inevitable. I am not sure why a strong dose of "left-wing nihilism" seems to always be required for this kind of aesthetic effect, but it seems to be necessary.