László Moholy-Nagy. (Phonetic: Laz-lo Ma-ho-li Naj.) Ever heard of him?
Amazing man, amazing artist. Hungarian-Jew, born 1895, converted to Calvinism, fought in WWI for Austro-Hungary, supported communism, moved to Germany in 1920, taught at the Bauhaus, moved to England in 1935, moved to Chicago in 1937, taught at the New Bauhaus (later the Institute of Design or ID before Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan) in Chicago, drew a weird diagram of FW and died in 1946.
That's it up there. Kinda cool, mainly because the guy who made it is a modernist visual art icon, and, b/c I'm an ID fan and completely geek-into Siskind and Callahan, an influence on me. (Influence more photography-wise, back when I used to do that, than writing-wise.) Idk how helpful it is in reading the actual book. It's not unhelpful, I guess.
Hope you're all having great weekends.
More soon.
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