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photo: Gregory Crewdson (link)

A common complaint about a photographer's new work is that it's a mere repetition of older work. As an illustration, I am using a photo from Gregory Crewdson's new work, but that's really just an arbitrary choice. I could have easily picked something from Andreas Gursky's latest work, say - whose Chelsea show got attacked in the press for that very same reason: We've seen this before, we want something new. In part, this problem arises because our culture is centered on excessive consumption...

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