7 A.M. (New Year’s Morning)
circa 1930
Imagine looking down from a high window on a crisp New Year's morning—that's exactly what László Moholy-Nagy did here. As a Bauhaus teacher, he was obsessed with the 'New Vision,' a style of photography that used crazy angles to make the ordinary look extraordinary. By shooting from above, he turned a mundane street intersection into a sleek geometric puzzle of tram tracks and long, dramatic shadows. The tiny cyclist and the strolling couple look like little actors moving across a giant stage, perfectly capturing the quiet, graphic solitude of 7 A.M.
- Technique
- black and white photography
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