Radio Tower Berlin 1928

László Moholy-Nagy captured this vertigo-inducing image of the Radio Tower in Berlin with a camera. I can imagine him holding the camera at a precarious angle to achieve this dramatic perspective. It's fascinating how Moholy-Nagy used the camera as a tool for exploration, pushing the boundaries of perception, much like a painter experiments with brushes and colors. The criss-crossing steel girders create a dynamic composition, a network of lines and shapes that slice through space. It reminds me of a Cubist painting, where objects are fragmented and reassembled from multiple viewpoints. Painters like El Lissitzky, another avant-garde artist, were also interested in these kinds of architectural structures. These artists were all in dialogue, exchanging ideas across mediums and movements. Moholy-Nagy’s image invites us to see the world from a new vantage point, to embrace the unexpected, and to find beauty in the everyday.