A photographic imagination

In today's NY Times KEN JOHNSON starts off a review of O. Winston Link with the line:

GENIUS in photography often means a knack for being in the right place at the right time.

Does Mr Johnson really believe this is true in the present tense?

Should the line have read : "Once upon a time genius in photography often meant a knack for being in the right place at the right time."

But if we read on we are redeemed

The truth is that Link’s train pictures were not products of chance but of elaborate planning and ingenious stagecraft. His process was more like a movie director’s than a photojournalist’s.

Thank you Mr Johnson and Happy New Year.