Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Hungarian-born László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was influential not only as a photographer but also as a filmmaker, teacher, and painter. He taught at the Bauhaus in Germany and, after fleeing the Nazi regime, settled in Chicago, where he founded the Institute of Design. He pioneered the photomontage and created the camera-less medium of the "photogram."

Sixty reproductions from the J. Paul Getty Museum's outstanding collection of the work of this important photographer—each described by Katherine Ware—serve as an exciting introduction to Moholy-Nagy's work. This book, the second publication in the In Focus series, includes the edited transcript of a recent colloquium that provides the historical and critical perspective necessary for understanding Moholy-Nagy's vital contribution to the art of the twentieth century.