One of the many apocryphal tales of Picasso holds that he conceived cubism following an opium induced dream in which the role of the painter was relentlessly belittled by the unstoppable rise of photography.
Certainly, for portraiture and similar images, photography is a cheaper and more convenient means of creating a record. However, the Tate Modern’s “Capturing the Moment” exhibition looks at photography as an art form that evolved symbiotically with the most exciting movements of 20th and 21st century art.
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