The World is beautiful
Albert Renger-Patzsch's
Albert Renger-Patzsch's was part of a movement called "new objectivity" and the aim was to mirror reality within pictures allowing people to see the world for how it really is. Renger-Patzsch's objective was to take photos in a certain way which made ordinary objects be viewed in a different more beautiful light but whilst keeping his photo simple, direct and realistic. He isolated his images in order to make light, line and texture stand out so that the man-made and natural images look more beautiful. Many other photographers followed in Renger-Patzsch's footsteps such as, Otto Dix. Renger-Patzsch's also wrote a book called "the world is beautiful" and within this book he shows that all objects have different characteristic which can be shown through photography for example, the textures of concrete and a mirror look different in a photo.
Examples of Albert Renger-Patzsch's work.
Albert Renger-Patzsch's was part of a movement called "new objectivity" and the aim was to mirror reality within pictures allowing people to see the world for how it really is. Renger-Patzsch's objective was to take photos in a certain way which made ordinary objects be viewed in a different more beautiful light but whilst keeping his photo simple, direct and realistic. He isolated his images in order to make light, line and texture stand out so that the man-made and natural images look more beautiful. Many other photographers followed in Renger-Patzsch's footsteps such as, Otto Dix. Renger-Patzsch's also wrote a book called "the world is beautiful" and within this book he shows that all objects have different characteristic which can be shown through photography for example, the textures of concrete and a mirror look different in a photo.
Examples of Albert Renger-Patzsch's work.
The Focus of this image is very specific as it is very zoomed in and so therefore only one thing can be noticed. The eye is near the very centre of the image and so catches your eye and almost causes some kind of staring competition. The light looks like it is probably natural lighting as there isn't defined shadows on the snake and/ or over exposed areas where the flash has gone off. Renger-Patzsch often uses natural light however, some things indicate this could possibly be artificial. The things that indicate this to me are the reflective areas off of the snakes face and the brighter patch of scales at the bottom left of the photograph. Despite this the image has quite a soft tone to it as all the scales appear smooth on the image. There are many curved dominant lines on the image coming from the scales of the snake most of which are thin but make a flowing direction around the snake. The shapes on the scales are very rounded and repetitive yet due to the different tones of greys look all slightly different. There isn't much space in this photograph as it is a full image of a snake and therefore, not much negative space is caused. One of the most important factors of Renger-Patzsch's images is the absence of colour and I believe in this image it creates a kind of scary effect as although the snake appears still and calm it could strike at any moment.
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My work inspired by Albert Renger-Patzsch's
This work is inspired by Renger-Patzsch's work as they are all either zoomed in or out and are in black and white. My objective was to take simple things and then turn them into something beautiful or make the ordinary everyday objects into something eye-catching by changing the angle on the photo and also putting the images into black and white. Something I have learnt by looking at Renger-Patzsch's work is that any image can be eye capturing and intriguing to the viewer its just the way in which you portray it that makes a difference. If I were to take two of the same images but from different angles they would look completely different and can be analysed in a completely different way as many factors about it would be different such as, lighting, tone, texture, etc. The world can and should be seen as beautiful no matter what the significance of an object.
Out of the images I took these are my favourite as turning them into black and white really made some of the images stand out more than they would of in colour. For example, the picture of the clock hanging from a building looks magical as it is so vibrant compared with anything else. These pictures are also my favourite because the line and texture stands out more in them when colour is subtracted. An example of this is on the flower, the petals are really defined and make the image look prettier and more professional.