Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897–1966) was a German photographer related with the New Objectivity. In 1928 Renger-Patzsch, published The World is Beautiful, a collection of 100 photographs whose rigorous sensitivity to form revealed patterns of beauty and order in the natural and man-made alike.
The New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit)
The rejection of sentimentality and idealism. Uses the camera as a way of seeing and representing things as they are, clearly and precisely. He explored the formal elements in his work, especially the form, light, rhythm, line, texture, repetition etc.
The types of subjects he preferred to photograph are:
- Wildlife and botanical studies
- Images of traditional craftsmen
- Landscapes
- Architectural studies
- Commercial still lifes
- Formal studies of mechanical equipment
Other photographers at the time who were similarly interested in objectivity were:
- Karl Blossfeldt
- Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
- August Sander
- Helmar Lerski
- Edward Weston
…etc.
Contemporary photographers who have been influenced by the idea that ordinary objects and scenes can be photographed to reveal their beauty were:
- Bernd and Hilla Becher
- Martin Parr
- William Eggleston
- Keld Helmer Petersen
- Peter Fraser
…etc.
This image is a very man made image as it is flat irons. The irons are giving a 3D look from the way it has been laid out and from the angle the image has been taken. The light is also from the top of the image which highlights the dark/light tone of the object.
For this image, I like how the shadows are portraying different lines. There is also some repetition in the image above as it shows all the different glasses and their shadows. The shadows created can be seen almost as geometric.
Peterson is an architectural photographer. Although famous for his coloured photography work, he also created images in purely black & white. Petersen used a very high contrast to achieve the look, and published books designated to this particular type of abstract photography. Often, the photos were so highly contrasted that the subject was hard to make out.
Below are some that I have created, inspired by Peterson’s work.
This is a Zine made by myself, including my own experimental images and photos inspired by Peterson.
These are examples of some famous zine made:
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