Albert Renger-Patzsch was a German photographer who was a key influence in the 'New Objectivity movement. New Objectivity is about trying to engage with the world around us in the most realistic way possible. Renger-Patzsch aimed to create a faithful record of the world. His work showed his interest in how the cameras relationship with the beautifully complex modern, natural and man made world.
‘There must be an increase in the joy one takes in an object, and the photographer should be fully conscious of the splendid fidelity of reproduction made possible by his technique’, - Albert Renger-Patzsch
Comparing these two photos by Albert Renger-Patzsch, we can see his diverse views of finding beauty in both the natural and the man made. when looking at the image on the left it is easy to see what the subject is as the image is framed in a way which means we can see a large majority of the structure and we can also get an idea of the. on the photograph on the right the image is cropped so we can not see the entirety of the subject making it hard to determine what the subject is. Both photographs contain very disinct linework and detail which was one of the aims of Renger-Patzsch.
Our version of 'The World is Beautiful'
As a class we were given the task to take 100 black and white photographs inspired by Albert renger patzsch's The world is beautiful. This was a personal challenge for me as i rarely take black and white photographs and so iIhad to consider my subjects a lot.