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‘Through a Lens Darkly’ Review: An Uneven Art History Doc with Some Truly Striking Moments

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Christopher Campbell
Aug 27, 2014
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Through a Lens Darkly

It is said that cameras don’t lie. Photography is similar to documentary in this way, both of them arts in which truth is often assumed. This affinity presents a problem to filmmakers trying to make a documentary about photographers. No one wants to sit through a slide show of photos, one that does nothing to alter or improve the experience of flipping …

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