
Other photographers: “I didn’t study photography, but I work in the field, and so I’m hungry to learn more. Erwin Blumenfeld and Serge Balkin are two new recent discoveries for me. I had never heard of them but I can see how they are influenced by the Bauhaus.” This photograph by Serge Balkin was taken in 1945. “By not showing the face, having this strong shadow, and picturing a woman with a bike, it depicts freedom. It is about emancipation. It is loaded in a way that’s hard to understand today.”