Hattula Moholy-Nagy

Washington

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—Frank Gehry

Photography as Fiction atkins Hattula Moholy-NagyErin C. Garcia Photography is commonly associated with fact, yet it has been a medium for fiction from the very beginning. Following its inception in 1839, artists began exploring photography's enormous potential for storytelling and often went to great lengths to create pictures for the camera. The tradition of staging persisted as an artistic approach into the twentieth century and took on new meaning in the context of advertising, film, and