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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was a prominent painter, born on June 20, 1895, and died on November 24, 1946. He held a significant position in the field of modern art, known for his abstract paintings and photographic works.

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“The invention of photography destroyed the canons of representational, imitative art.”

Art Photography Invention Destroyed Canon

Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

“The photographer is a manipulator of light; photography is a manipulation of light.”

Light Photography Photographer Manipulation Manipulator

Book:Moholy-Nagy, photographs and photograms

Source: Moholy-Nagy, photographs and photograms

“The magic possibility of framing a certain space and time is what brought me to photography. This process of recording elements of 3 dimensions in the flow of time, and fixing them in a 2 dimensional image, creates a new context for the elements of the photograph.”

Certain Process Space Magic Possibility Elements Photography Flow Photograph Dimensions Time And Space Fixing Framing

Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

“Photography, when used as a representational art, is not a mere copy of nature. This is proved by the rarity of the 'good' photograph.”

Art Used Photography Art Is Mere Photograph Copies Rarity

Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

“In photography we must learn to seek, not the 'picture,' not the aesthetic of tradition, but the ideal instrument of expression, the self-sufficient vehicle for education.”

Self Expression Photography Ideals Tradition Instruments Sufficient Aesthetic Vehicle Self Sufficient

Book:Moholy-Nagy, photographs and photograms

Source: Moholy-Nagy, photographs and photograms

“When the true qualities of photography are recognized, the process of representation by mechanical means will be brought to a level of perfection never before reached.”

Mean Process Levels Quality Photography Perfection Representation

Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

“We have - through a hundred years of photography and two decades of film - been enormously enriched... We may say we see the world with entirely different eyes.”

World Years May Two Different Eye Film Photography Hundred Decades

Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

“It cannot be too plainly stated that it is quite unimportant whether photography produces 'art' or not. Its own basic laws, not the opinions of art critics, will provide the only valid measure of its future worth.”

Art Law Opinion Produce Photography Critics Unimportant Art Critic

Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

“The photogram, image formation outside the camera is the real key to photography,it embodies the essence... that allows us to capture light on light sensitive material without the use of any camera.”

Real Use Light Materials Keys Photography Essence Cameras Sensitive Capture Formation

Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

“In photography we possess an extraordinary instrument for reproduction. But photography is much more than that. Today it is [a method for bringing optically] some thing entirely new into the world.”

World Today Photography Method Instruments Extraordinary Reproduction

Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

“The photogram, or camera-less record of forms produced by light, which embodies the unique nature of the photographic process, is the real key to photography.”

Real Light Form Process Records Keys Photography Unique Cameras Unique Nature

Book:Moholy-Nagy: the photograms : catalogue raisonné

Source: Moholy-Nagy: the photograms : catalogue raisonné

“The enemy of photography is the convention, the fixed rules of 'how to do'. The salvation of photography comes from the experiment.”

Enemy Photography Salvation Experiments Fixed Conventions

Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

About the Author

Born: June 20, 1895
Died: November 24, 1946
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 25

Books & Sources

Moholy-Nagy, photographs and photogramsRelated source material

Moholy-Nagy: the photograms : catalogue raisonnéRelated source material

László Moholy-Nagy: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty MuseumRelated source material

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