The Photographer’s House

The series shows the new Moholy-Nagy Master House in the experimental style of the New Vision, the visual aesthetics of László Moholy-Nagy. Multiple exposures, negative reversal, solarization, light-dark patterns and photomontages are used to emphasize light nuances and provide a new view at the architecture of the Bauhaus. Bauhaus master László Moholy-Nagy experimented extensively with the medium of photography and is considered one of the most important theorists of the New Vision. He published several theoretical texts on photography. After emigrating to the United States, he co-founded the School of Design (Institute of Design), one of the first university training centers for photography in the United States. When the Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau in 1926, he and his wife Lucia Moholy moved into one of the master houses designed by Walter Gropius. The first darkroom at the Bauhaus was set up in this house. The house was completely destroyed in the last days of the war in March 1945. From 2011 to 2014, the Moholy-Nagy Master House was rebuilt as part of an urban repair. The architectural firm Bruno Fioretti Marquez (BFM) designed an architecture of imprecision with the aim of abstracting what is remembered. The cubature of the house was reconstructed in exposed concrete. Every window, every door is in exactly the right place. But all those details were left out that would give information about the exact scale: Balcony railings, window divisions, etc. The internal layout was reduced as much as possible, walls and ceilings were left out where they were not needed.