ABSTRACT
In the years following the First World War, a new avant-garde emerged that sought to represent the energy and dynamism of the increasingly technological, mechanical and commercial world. The picture press, film industry and industrialised mass-printing methods created a newly photo-rich culture: fertile ground for photographers, artists and designers to innovate new forms and techniques. The heart of this shift was Berlin, where the revolutionary zeal of Constructivism coalesced within a group of progressive emigre artists. Among them were husband and wife Hungarian artist-writers Laszio Moholy-Nagy and Lucia Moholy, who directed this spirit towards promoting a new photographic mode. Inspired by the radical re-presentations of reality offered by advances in scientific photography like X-ray and microphotography, their New Vision advocated the use of forms and techniques that would offer a different perspective on the world. While the rise of fascism all but suppressed the activities of the New Vision in Europe, its momentum continued elsewhere.
