Photogram 1924

László Moholy-Nagy made this photogram, well, sometime! It’s an experiment with light and form, a kind of playful construction. Look at how the shapes overlap and interact. The lines are so clean and sharp, it’s like a blueprint for some strange machine, or a diagram of the cosmos. But there’s also something deeply sensual about it. The way the light caresses the forms, creating soft shadows and shimmering highlights, it’s like a love letter to the material world. There’s this one area, where the circle intersects with the diagonal bar, creating this weird, elongated shape. It’s both abstract and strangely familiar, like a distorted reflection in a funhouse mirror. It reminds me of Man Ray, another artist who was fascinated by the possibilities of photography, and who wasn’t afraid to push the boundaries of what it could do. Ultimately, this photogram invites us to see the world anew.