Contrary to the traditional view of photography as the "art of fixing a shadow" for eternity, Albers argues that —the quality of being fleeting or short-lived—is actually a foundational condition of the medium.
Albers uses several artistic examples to highlight how visibility is often conditional: The Night Albums: Visibility and the Ephemeral ...
: His Vanishing Photographs series was designed to darken and become illegible over the course of an exhibition, making their change part of the art. Contrary to the traditional view of photography as