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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Quotes: In photography we possess an extraordinary instrument for reproduction. But photography is much more than that. Today it is [a method for bringing optically] some thing entirely new into the world.
         

In photography we possess an extraordinary instrument for reproduction. But photography is much more than that. Today it is [a method for bringing optically] some thing entirely new into the world.


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The photogram, or camera-less record of forms produced by light, which embodies the unique nature of the photographic process, is the real key to photography.

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The organization of light and shadow effects produce a new enrichment of vision.



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The experience of space is not a privilege of the gifted few, but a biological function.



My talent lies in the expression of my life and creative power through light, colour and form. As a painter I can convey the essence of life.

My talent lies in the expression of my life and creative power through light, colour and form. As a painter I can convey the essence of life.



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The photographer is a manipulator of light; photography is a manipulation of light.





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