Great photographs change the way we see the world; The Ongoing Moment changes the way we look at both. Focusing on the ways in which canonical figures like Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, André Kertész, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus, and William Eggleston have photographed the same things—barber shops, benches, hands, roads, signs–award-winning writer Geoff Dyer seeks to identify their signature styles. In doing so, he constructs a narrative in which these photographers–many of whom never met–constantly encounter one another. The result is a kaleidoscopic work of extraordinary originality and insight

伟大的摄影作品改变了我们看世界的方式；《正在进行的时刻》改变了我们看这两者的方式。获奖作家杰夫-戴尔（Geoff Dyer）专注于阿尔弗雷德-斯蒂格利茨、保罗-斯特兰、沃克-埃文斯、安德烈-凯尔泰斯、爱德华-韦斯顿、多萝西娅-兰格、戴安-阿巴斯和威廉-埃格尔斯顿等经典人物拍摄相同事物的方式--理发店、长椅、手、道路、标志--试图找出他们的标志性风格。在这样做的过程中，他构建了一个叙事，在这个叙事中，这些摄影师--其中许多人从未见过--不断地遇到彼此。其结果是一部具有非凡的原创性和洞察力的万花筒式的作品。