Photos That Don’t Capture Reality, but Change It

Posted on 19 November 2005

New York Times: The works on display at Paris Photo, which closes this Sunday, make a daring argument for photography as art. By Alan Riding. [NYT > Arts]

If photography began escaping the shadow of painting a century ago, decades passed before it was widely recognized as an art unto itself. Today proof of its star status can be found in a four-day international fair called Paris Photo, which closes on Sunday. Clearly, the market for art photography is booming.

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