Albert Renger-Patzsch (June 22, 1897 – September 27, 1966) was a German Photographer associated with the new objectivity. He was born in Würzburg and began taking photographs at the age of twelve and after service in the First World War he had his first museum exhibition in 1927.

Albert Renger-Patzsch’s attitude towards photography involved exploring light, rhythm, line, texture, repetition and many more. He published his famous book ‘The World is Beautiful’ in 1928 which consisted of 100 images which had a lot of detail. Patzch’s work is sharply focused and matter-of-fact style. His work references the aesthetic of The New Objectivity that became quite popular during the Weimar Republic in Germany (1919 – 1933).

Patzsch’s ideas and values of photography are similar to an American photographer called Edward Weston. Weston is known as one of the most innovative and influential American Photographers and one of the masters of 20th century photography. Over his 40 year career, Weston took photos of many different subjects such as including landscapes, still lives, nudes, portraits, genre scenes and even whimsical parodies. Similar to Patzsch, after taking photos of cities and subjects in cities, he went to the countryside and took photos of rocks, trees, rivers and more. Over this 2 year stay in nature, he produced 1,400 negative images using his 8 by 10 camera.

My Photos

Repetition

Half of my images are that of symmetrical patterns inside my house. They are similar to some of Renger-Patzsch’s photos as they are symmetrical but random at the same time. For example the image of the bookcase is very aligned and symmetrical but at the same time random as the books are not perfectly symmetrical or the same.

Final Outcome

I believe the image above is the best from the photo shoot above. This is because i have used the metal railing to frame the incinerator. I have also edited the contrast, curves and cropped it so that the rule of thirds line up with the metal railing.