View from the Pont Transbordeur 1929

This is a gelatin silver print by László Moholy-Nagy showing a view from the Pont Transbordeur. Imagine him, like, right up in the guts of this metal structure, looking down at a boat, all masts and sails. What was he thinking, hanging out up there? Maybe something about how the world was changing, about industry and movement and seeing things from a totally new angle. It's not just a photo, it's a whole way of seeing. The guy was interested in everything. The tones are so rich. It feels like Moholy-Nagy wanted us to experience the world as a construction, a series of intersecting lines and planes, where the familiar becomes strange and the everyday is full of surprises. Like the Bauhaus itself, this image offers the possibility to explore perception and experience reality with new eyes.