The Forgotten Photographer Who Changed The Art Form

“Ask the proverbial person on the street to name a famous painting, and chances are you’ll get an answer, whether it’s Andy’s Marilyn or Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. Yet ask that person to name an important photograph, and silence is all you’ll receive.” Most of us barely remember Larry Sultan, yet “the ‘accidental,’ anti-masterpiece nature of his best work, which has acted to muffle his renown, may ultimately guarantee it.”