{"product_id":"the-ongoing-moment-9780857864017","title":"The Ongoing Moment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat photographs change the way we see the world. \u003ci\u003eThe Ongoing Moment\u003c\/i\u003e changes the way we look at both. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith characteristic perversity and trademark originality, \u003ci\u003eThe Ongoing Moment\u003c\/i\u003e is Dyer''s unique and idiosyncratic history of photography. Seeking to identify their signature styles Dyer looks at the ways canonical figures such as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Kertesz, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus and William Eggleston have photographed the same scenes and objects (benches, hats, hands, roads). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn doing so Dyer constructs a narrative in which those photographers, many of whom never met in their lives, constantly come into contact with each other. It is the most ambitious example to date of a form of writing that Dyer has made his own: the non-fiction work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDyer is a master of the close-up, a hawk-eyed spotter of small coincidences *  * Independent on Sunday *  *\u003cbr\u003eDyer's subtle, understated, unforgettable masterpiece deserves to join Susan Sontag's \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e on our bookshelves *  * Scotland on Sunday *  *\u003cbr\u003eEnjoy a witty, incisive lesson in how to rescue cultural criticism from shuttered academia *  * Independent *  *","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866095432023,"sku":"9780857864017","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857864017.jpg?v=1722277013","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ongoing-moment-9780857864017","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}