What We're Reading: True (and False) Grit in Photography
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When is realism real?
And why is it so often false?
“The words ‘gritty,’ ‘authentic,’ and ‘realism’ have become almost interchangeable in our aesthetic judgments, noted writer Jennifer Wilson at Art in America in September.
“These verbal formulations signal the various associations that authenticity carries now: dark cinematography, orange …