1) I like the idea of making the viewer aware of what is being observed by photographing and appropriating something.
2) I had never really thought of what Sherrie Levin does as something that goes beyond the exploration of what an 'original' is. By appropriating, she refuses authorship and rejects notions of originality and subjectivity.
3)Why is the notion of the author linked with patriarchy? It seems like he simply declares this and does not explain why.
4)Solomon-Godeau concludes that Levine is a type of feminist, which seems to be an inescapable label for most female artists.
5)I find it interesting that the present state of photography is not that much different from the state of photography in the 1880's, when they faced the threats posed by increased ubiquity and ease in the photographic process. We see this same trend presently but on a much larger scale and in even larger quantities. With the inception of digital photography and the invention of the internet, issues relating to the ubiquity of images and the question of photography as a legitimate art form are amplified.
