Rommelmarkt in Turku, Finland 1930

This black and white photograph, ‘Rommelmarkt in Turku, Finland’ was taken by László Moholy-Nagy. You can almost hear the chatter and bartering of a busy market! I feel like I'm right there with him, wandering through the open-air flea market with all its textures and shapes: the patterned clothes, the woven basket, the odd assortment of wares displayed on the table. Moholy-Nagy's eye is so sharp. The way he captures the light and shadow creates such a strong sense of depth and form. You can see the influence of his Bauhaus training in his attention to design and composition. You know, it's funny how a photograph can be both a document of a particular moment in time and a kind of abstract composition. Moholy-Nagy was always pushing the boundaries of what photography could be. He was interested in light, space, and movement, and he used the camera to explore these things in new and unexpected ways. It makes me wonder what he would make of all the digital images we create today.