Hilde Van Gelder is Professor of Art History at KU Leuven. Jan Baetens is professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at KU Leuven.

• INTRODUCTIONA Note on Critical Realism TodayHilde Van Gelder, Jan Baetens1. CRITICAL REALISM. THEORY AND PRACTICE1. Realism and the Digital ImageW.J.T. Mitchell2. Loops of HistoryAllan Sekula and Representations of LaborKatarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans3. Critical RealismText, Context and TimeDavid Green2. CRITICAL REALISM. PHOTOGRAPHY AND OTHER ARTS1. Depicting the Contemporary Artist's StudioFour Early Works by Bik Van der PolWouter Davidts2. Painting through PhotographyCritical Reflections on the Work of Dirk Braeckman, Luc Tuymans and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven in the Early 1990sLiesbeth Decan3. PhotographySeeing Time / Experiencing TimeMaarten Vanvolsem3. CRITICAL REALISM. INSTITUTIONS1. Against Affirmative CultureRené Block's Appropriation of 'Capitalist Realism'Catharina Manchanda2. Beyond CompassionHow to Escape the Victim Frame in Social Documentary Photography TodayInge Henneman3. The Lottery of the SeaFrits GierstbergEPILOGUE1. A Debate on Critical Realism TodayHilde Van Gelder, Jan Baetens2. Interview with Allan SekulaKatarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans3. Photography as Diagnosis of ContemporaneityMaria Giulia DonderoPHOTOGRAPHS by Allan SekulaSHIPWRECK AND WORKERS by Allan SekulaTHE LOTTERY OF THE SEA by Allan Sekula

Hilde Van Gelder is Professor of Art History at KU Leuven. Jan Baetens is professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at KU Leuven.

• INTRODUCTIONA Note on Critical Realism TodayHilde Van Gelder, Jan Baetens1. CRITICAL REALISM. THEORY AND PRACTICE1. Realism and the Digital ImageW.J.T. Mitchell2. Loops of HistoryAllan Sekula and Representations of LaborKatarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans3. Critical RealismText, Context and TimeDavid Green2. CRITICAL REALISM. PHOTOGRAPHY AND OTHER ARTS1. Depicting the Contemporary Artist's StudioFour Early Works by Bik Van der PolWouter Davidts2. Painting through PhotographyCritical Reflections on the Work of Dirk Braeckman, Luc Tuymans and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven in the Early 1990sLiesbeth Decan3. PhotographySeeing Time / Experiencing TimeMaarten Vanvolsem3. CRITICAL REALISM. INSTITUTIONS1. Against Affirmative CultureRené Block's Appropriation of 'Capitalist Realism'Catharina Manchanda2. Beyond CompassionHow to Escape the Victim Frame in Social Documentary Photography TodayInge Henneman3. The Lottery of the SeaFrits GierstbergEPILOGUE1. A Debate on Critical Realism TodayHilde Van Gelder, Jan Baetens2. Interview with Allan SekulaKatarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans3. Photography as Diagnosis of ContemporaneityMaria Giulia DonderoPHOTOGRAPHS by Allan SekulaSHIPWRECK AND WORKERS by Allan SekulaTHE LOTTERY OF THE SEA by Allan Sekula

Hilde Van Gelder is Professor of Art History at KU Leuven. Jan Baetens is professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at KU Leuven.

• INTRODUCTIONA Note on Critical Realism TodayHilde Van Gelder, Jan Baetens1. CRITICAL REALISM. THEORY AND PRACTICE1. Realism and the Digital ImageW.J.T. Mitchell2. Loops of HistoryAllan Sekula and Representations of LaborKatarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans3. Critical RealismText, Context and TimeDavid Green2. CRITICAL REALISM. PHOTOGRAPHY AND OTHER ARTS1. Depicting the Contemporary Artist's StudioFour Early Works by Bik Van der PolWouter Davidts2. Painting through PhotographyCritical Reflections on the Work of Dirk Braeckman, Luc Tuymans and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven in the Early 1990sLiesbeth Decan3. PhotographySeeing Time / Experiencing TimeMaarten Vanvolsem3. CRITICAL REALISM. INSTITUTIONS1. Against Affirmative CultureRené Block's Appropriation of 'Capitalist Realism'Catharina Manchanda2. Beyond CompassionHow to Escape the Victim Frame in Social Documentary Photography TodayInge Henneman3. The Lottery of the SeaFrits GierstbergEPILOGUE1. A Debate on Critical Realism TodayHilde Van Gelder, Jan Baetens2. Interview with Allan SekulaKatarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans3. Photography as Diagnosis of ContemporaneityMaria Giulia DonderoPHOTOGRAPHS by Allan SekulaSHIPWRECK AND WORKERS by Allan SekulaTHE LOTTERY OF THE SEA by Allan Sekula