Photography in the Modern Era: European Documents and Critical Writings, 1913-1940

The decade between the world wars witnessed an astonishing flowering of photography in Europe— marked particularly by the unprecedented work of such figures as Man Ray, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and Alexander Rodchenko. Alongside the visual experiments ran a fascinating public discussion in which critics, artists, and the photographers themselves struggled to define the nature and possibilities of photography in the modern era. The seventy-one essays and documents collected in this book provide a...