Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before

"Fried . . . selects particular pictures to address and teases out the ways in which their meanings are created and transmitted. In these cases his writing is engaging, intriguing, and often delightfully paradoxical."—Andy Grundberg, American Scholar

~Andy Grundberg, American Scholar

"Fried's book—more than any other I have read—challenges its readers to interpret more cogently the resurgence of the tableau in photographic form. The gauntlet has been tossed."—Robin Kelsey, Artforum

~Robin Kelsey, Artforum

“A powerfully argued book, this is the new benchmark against which future discussions of photography must stand.”—Ottawa XPress

~Ottawa XPress

Chosen as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 by Choice Magazine

~Choice