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Title: entertaining
Review: The whole photography establishment seems to have excused itself from all the normal rigors to which the rest of the visual arts submit, and this book is perfectly in step with that attitude. If you liked Camera Lucida, you will like this book. It won't teach you anything about the nature of photographs, why the great photographers are great, general aesthetics, etc., but it is an entertaining read from an engaging writer. Imagine the best kind of sprawling human interest piece from your favorite publication that, instead of an out-of-the-way attraction like an adorable small east-coast town with an old rail car diner, uses the enterprise of photography as its focal point for the author's impressions. That's "The Ongoing Moment". It is a sort of enigmatic snapshot on the subject of enigmatic snapshots.
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