The New Vision: Forty Years Of Photography At The Institute Of Design

The New Vision: Forty Years of Photography at the Institute of Design

Traub, Charles (ed.), The New Vision: Forty Years of Photography at the Institute of Design, Aperture, 1982, 1st edition, 11.75 x 10, orange cloth, gray embossed titles in pictorial jacket. Unpaginated [80 pp.]. Profusely illus. in b/w & color. Intro by John Grimes. Interviews by the editor. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of same title.

The Institute of Design began in 1937 when former Bauhaus instructor Laszlo Moholy-Nagy chose Chicago, as the logical home of the New Bauhaus. The Hungarian-born Moholy-Nagy came to America in search of the new vision. A master photographer, painter and designer, he impressed his students by his love of experimentation and spirit of adventure. Innovative and radical, he tried to free students from the traditional "visual indoctrination." From the DJ: In interviews and photographs, students and teachers of Chicago's Institute of Design recall the innovative spirit and socially relevant education that have made the school a vital force in photography for over 40 years. The Institute of Design, Chicago, a magnet for other important European designers, thus became a highly influential force in both photography and design and produced graduates, many of whom, still comprise some of the most significant contributors to American Modernism. A concise reference about an important American institution, nicely produced by Aperture. An essential for any photography library.Works by following photographers (each of whom either taught or were graduates of the program) are included: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Michael Abramson, Thomas Barrow, Harry Callahan, Barbara Crane, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Nathan Lerner, Ray Metzger, Arthur Siegel, Art Sinsabaugh, Aaron Siskind, Charles Swedlund, Charles Traub, Garry Winogrand, Geoff Winningham, and many more.