New objectivity is a movement in German art that came up during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism it offered a return to unsentimental reality and a focus on the objective world, as opposed to the more abstract, romantic, or idealistic tendencies of Expressionism.

Albert Renger-Patzsch

Albert Renger-Patzsch, born June 22 1897 – September 27 1966, was a German photographer associated with the New Objectivity.

Renger-Patzsch worked as a press photographer in the early 1920s before becoming a freelancer in 1925. He published a book titled ‘The choir stalls of Cappenberg’