[Woman's Face, through Halftone Screen]
Otto Kraft German
Not on view
Otto Kraft was not a professional photographer, but in his capacity as a graphic designer he participated in several major photography exhibitions. This picture reflects his applied approach to the medium as a component of larger design projects. Kraft shows a young woman grinning through a scrim of tiny spots called a halftone screen. Used by printers, the screen transposes the tonality of a photograph into a dotted gradient for mechanical reproduction. In his unusual image, Kraft investigates formal applications of this utilitarian tool.
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![[Woman's Face, through Halftone Screen], Otto Kraft (German, 1900–after 1979), Gelatin silver print](/Rodan/dist/svg/rolling-0.9s-30px.svg)
