Reviews for Crisis of the real

The average rating for Crisis of the real based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-01-20 00:00:00 Michael Yashin Useless to a working photographer and effective as a tranquilizer, I'd avoid this book unless assigned to read it as part of a pretentious art history class. The issues that Grundberg addresses (nature of the real, representation vs. reality, the postmodern, etc) feel dated and besides the point-- maybe in the aftermath of September 11th and the Bush years, the art world has more important things to address. The book perks up briefly during his discussion of new directions in documentary photography in the early 1980s, but other than that, it's a snoozefest start to finish. Boring!

Review # 2 was written on 2013-08-18 00:00:00 Christina Wright The other side of photography.