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“The art in photography is literary art before it is anything else: its triumphs and monuments are historical, anecdotal, reportorial, observational before they are purely pictorial... The photograph has to tell a story if it is to work as art.”

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Clement Greenberg
Clement Greenberg

Clement Greenberg (January 16, 1909 - May 7, 1994) was an influential American art critic and literary critic. His critical theories had a profound impact on 20th-century American art and literature, particularly in the field of abstract expressionism. Known for his insights into modernist art, Greenberg emphasized the form and content of art, advocating for the pursuit of pure formal expression in art. more

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