Albert Renger-Patzsch was born June 22, 1897 in Würzburg, Germany, he began making photos from the age of 12, then began working as a press photographer and freelancer. He was associated with the ‘New Objectivity’ .  He photographed things that engaged with the world as clearly as possible, such as the natural world and the industrial which presented the world in a distinct modern way. Albert Renger-Patzsch was one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. He died September 27, 1966.

 

The new objectivity is a movement in 1920’s by the Germans in reaction to go against expressionism. Artist removed themselves from the romantic idealism in photographs and even called on the public to back them up. The new objectivity changed photography as it allowed people to develop ideas and broaden the photography industry by photographing the world, instead of set up scenes.

In my first shoot I focused on the industrial photos he took. I chose to do this because I like the way how he focuses in on the different directions of lines and the repeat of shapes in the photo, his photos are almost an abstract as he homes in on shapes. In most his photos the whole setting is in focus also his photos are never from forward on angle, most of the time he takes them at an angle, either looking up or down, this adds an interesting factor to the images as it doesn’t look like a normal simple image. His photos introduced a sense of real life to the photography industry, he wanted his photos to have no meaning, but by making this apparent it shows people that his motive was to have meaningless photos, which then makes the viewer question why he has done that. He used natural lighting in his photos and a use of different tones, which were created by the objects in his photos.

First Shoot;

These four images are from my first shoot where I have presented the style of Albert Renger-Patzsch. I mainly focused on industrial images for this shoot as his industrial images were some of my favorites. I liked the way he photographed such simple things but they created such a photo, in a way of shapes being repeated or shapes contrasting each other, also the light and dark tones throughout his industrial images. His industrial images showed the world in a new way, instead of having photos with one specific meaning, he photographed photos that could have multiple meanings and moods.