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The ongoing moment

by Geoff Dyer

This study explores the history of photography by examining how major artists captured shared subjects, such as benches and roads. It analyses signature styles to create a narrative link between canonical figures such as Alfred Stieglitz and Diane Arbus.

Accession 12406 ISBN 0375422153 Publisher Pantheon
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