Light Modulations
(After Moholy)

Media: photography

Number of images: 25

Print size: 16x20 inches

Execution: 2019

"...any object with combined concave-convex or wrinkled surfaces may be considered a light modulator since it reflects light with varied intensity depending upon its substance and the way its surfaces are turned toward the light source.
As the rays strike an object some are reflected, others absorbed, others pass through it (if it is transparent). If the substance is translucent, it mainly diffuses the rays."


László Moholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947

Moholy hired Crombie Taylor in 1944, as a teacher and treasurer at the Institute of Design (New Bauhaus), Chicago. After Moholy's death, Serge Chermayeff became director, and then Crombie, who served as acting Director from 1951 through 1954 when the school was merged with the Illinois Institute of Technology.

During the years that I knew Crombie, I heard many stories about Moholy to feel like I also knew him. This is the power of the oral tradition: passing on information from one generation to another.

Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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Light Modulation - After Moholy - a photograph of light modulation using stained glass

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