The evolution of photography from a descriptive tool to an autonomous art form finds its most radical expression in abstraction. Long before the digital era, pioneers like Alvin Langdon Coburn used "Vortographs" to strip the image of its subject, focusing instead on pure form, light, and geometry. Luminous-Lint maps this complex lineage, connecting early chemical experiments to the mid-century avant-garde.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to abstraction |
| 2 | Defining the abstract |
| Abstraction before abstraction and unintentional abstracts |
| 3 | Abstraction before abstraction |
| 4 | Photographic test strips |
| Abstraction in art |
| 5 | Abstract paintings |
| Abstraction in photography |
| 6 | Early examples of photographic abstraction |
| 7 | Photograms and abstraction |
| 8 | Experimental photography |
| Abstract realism |
| 9 | Abstract realism |
| Contemporary abstraction |
| 10 | Contemporary examples of photographic abstraction |
| Photographers |
| 11 | Alvin Langdon Coburn: Vorticism |
| 12 | Alfred Stieglitz: Equivalents |
| 13 | Ei-Q: (born: Sugita Hideo): Photo-dessin Abstraction in Japan |
| 14 | Geraldo de Barros: Fotoformas (1946-51) |
| 15 | Heinrich Heidersberger: Rhythmograms |
| 16 | Denis Brihat: Abstractions of form |
| 17 | Lisette Model: Running legs |
| 18 | Lotte Jacobi: Photogenics |
| 19 | Harry Callahan: Abstracts |
| 20 | Minor White: Equivalents, similes and visual metaphors |
| 21 | Carl Chiarenza: The nature of Abstraction |
| 22 | Jaroslav Rössler: Abstractions |
| 23 | György Kepes: Abstractions |
| 24 | Heinz Hajek-Halke: Experimental photography |
| 25 | Milos Korecek: Abstractions (Fokalke) |
| 26 | Ladislav Postupa: Experimental vision |
| 27 | Herbert Strässer: Abstracts - Foto-Grafik |
| 28 | Henry Holmes Smith: Colour abstractions |
| 29 | Barbara Kasten: Polaroid polacolor prints |
| 30 | Don Jim: Urban Artifax |
| 31 | Ellen Carey: Pulls |
| 32 | Thomas Ruff: Substrat |
| Concluding thoughts |
| 33 | Conclusions on abstract photography |
