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

Quote by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

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. more

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“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.”

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

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“Every period has its own optical focus.”

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“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.”

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“The photograph, now they are detached from their original surroundings, they are involved in a close world in which they only relate to each other: all the rest of 'reality' has vanished. This allows us to see those elements from a new point of view and perhaps to reach a better understanding.”

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“The organization of light and shadow effects produce a new enrichment of vision.”

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Book:László Moholy-Nagy: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

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“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.”

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