Photography in the Modern Era: European Documents and Critical Writings, 1913-1940 Phillips Christopher
Photography in the Modern Era: European Documents and Critical Writings, 1913-1940 Phillips Christopher The decade between the world wars witnessed an astonishing flowering of photography in Europe--…
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Photography in the Modern Era: European Documents and Critical Writings, 1913-1940 Phillips Christopher
The decade between the world wars witnessed an astonishing flowering of photography in Europe-- marked particularly by the unprecedented work of such figures as Man Ray, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and Alexander Rodchenko. The seventy-one essays and documents collected in this book provide a concise, provocative introduction to the ideas and personalities that animated avant-garde photography during these years of artistic ferment and that continue to influence the medium today.By turns poetic, analytical, and fiercely ideological, these diverse writings give expression to a very wide range of original ideas. Alongside the visual experiments ran a fascinating public discussion in which critics, artists, and the photographers themselves struggled to define the nature and possibilities of photography in the modern era.
Moholy-Nagy calls on photographers to create a powerful abstract vision