Photography by Laszlo Moholy Nagy

Nagy's piece is yet another rant about the innovation of photography. But in Nagy's case, I'd say it was less of a rant, and more of a whisper, in comparison to the other pieces we've read. It felt like he was still new at photography and was recently introduced to it, and could not shout and scream and  romanticize it, as he was still learning about it. That is mostly why I liked it and felt at ease reading it. Nagy explains that new creations and methods are always being discovered but it takes a while for people to adapt to it. He says "the new function is shrouded in the traditional form". Maybe that is what the problem is: people are so stuck on painting and photography is constantly being compared to it, thus the constant debate. Another thing that makes me think he is still a baby at this, is his explanation of the camera catching things we can't (if i recall it was called camera obscura?). There is a repeated fascination with the idea of the camera capturing true distortions, free of man's hand, compelled to see what is "optically true". Nagy calls this "seeing the world with entirely different eyes".