Pont Transbordeur, Marseille, László Moholy-Nagy, 1929

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Pont Transbordeur, Marseille, 1929, Gelatin silver print, Image: x cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.), Photographs, László Moholy-Nagy (American (born Hungary), Borsod 1895–1946 Chicago, Illinois), In 1929 Moholy-Nagy traveled to Marseilles, where he photographed the Pont Transbordeur, a steel transporter bridge that was celebrated, like the Eiffel Tower, as an icon, of modern construction. Like a number of other avant-garde photographers, including Germaine Krull, Herbert Bayer, and Florence Henri, Moholy-Nagy was fascinated by the dynamic spatial relations of the bridge's crisscrossing steel girders and open spiral staircase

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Size: 2751px × 3591px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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