The Ongoing Moment
The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer, published by Pantheon Books in 2005, is a unique exploration of photography that spans 285 pages. In this work, Dyer presents an idiosyncratic history of photography, examining the signature styles of renowned photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, and Diane Arbus. Through his distinctive narrative approach, Dyer investigates how these artists have captured similar subjects, including barber shops and roads, creating a dialogue among them despite their lack of direct interaction.
Readers will find that Dyer’s examination not only highlights the individual contributions of these photographers but also reshapes the way we perceive their work and the world around us. The book delves into the intersections of photography and history, offering insights into how great photographs influence our understanding of everyday life. With its original perspective, The Ongoing Moment stands as a significant contribution to the discourse on photography and its impact on visual culture.
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In his most recent book, Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It, Geoff Dyer confessed that not only did he not take pictures in the course of his travels but that he does not even own a camera. With characteristic perver-sity– and trademark originality– Dyer has now come up with an idiosyncratic history of . . . photography. Seeking to identify their signature styles, Dyer looks at the ways in which such canonical figures as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Andre Kerte sz, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus, and William Eggleston, among others, have photographed the same things (barber shops, benches, hands, roads, and signs, for example). In doing so, he constructs a narrative in which these photographers– many of whom never met– constantly encounter one another. Great photographs change the way we see the world; The Ongoing Moment changes the way we look at both. It is the most ambitious example to date of a form of writing that Dyer has made his own: the nonfiction work of art.
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