Light Is a Plastic Medium showcases the work of abstract photographer Carlotta Corpron, positioning her career within the rise of photography as a fine art form set to rival the traditional media of painting and sculpture.

This catalog showcases photographs by Carlotta Corpron (1901–1988), a pioneering figure in American abstract photography active from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s. Her career was brief but visionary, resulting in six bodies of work that explore the poetics of light through innovative uses of camera technology. The most comprehensive survey of Corpron’s work to date, this catalog traces the evolution of her practice from nature photography and gestural light drawings to complex expansions and distortions of space achieved through her use of reflective surfaces and innovative light-modulating devices.