Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: View from southwest 1926 - 1927

Editor: This photograph by Klaus Hertig captures the Bauhaus Building in Dessau around 1926. It's such a stark and geometric composition. What strikes you most about this image? Curator: Well, the light, for starters. It sculpts the building, doesn't it? Makes it seem almost like a cubist painting come to life. But beyond that, I see a yearning for a new way of living, stripped bare of ornamentation. Does it feel cold to you, or hopeful? Editor: A little of both, actually! Stark, but hopeful. Curator: Precisely! It's the visual manifesto of a movement that dared to dream of a better future through design. I find that so powerful.