Rodchenko appreciation

[cliveh]

 

[jvo]

and a man of many, many talents.....

 

[warden]

Wow, fantastic shot.

 

[4season]

While browsing issues of Sovetskoe Foto, I found a brief discussion of the photo (apparently, of Rodchenko's mother). 1957, issue 3, page 11. If I'm interpreting the machine translation properly, they acknowledged his talent, but felt his work didn't do enough to depict "New Soviet Realities".

https://archive.org/details/sovphoto_v1_1957_03/mode/2up

 

[nikos79]

"Many people know what to photograph, but very few know how to photograph it"

Alexandr Rodchenko

 

[gary mulder]

"Many people know what to photograph, but very few know how to photograph it"

I like your humor. It often makes me smile.

 

[nikos79]

I like your humor. It often makes me smile.

I didn't say it Rodchenko did

Sources:

Novy LEF No. 11, 1928:

Every photo group knows what to photograph; but ho | PhotoQuotes

Every photo group knows what to photograph; but how to photograph only a few know. A worke...Read more

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“Every photo group knows what to photograph; but how to photograph only a few know…”
«Every photo group knows what to photograph; but how to photograph only a few know. A worker photographed as if he was Christ or an aristocrat…»

Under the context/manifesto of a new aesthetic in Soviet photograph

Mentioned also here:

Platon Rivellis - Aleksandr Mikhailovitch Rodchenko (1891-1956)

Ο επίσημος ιστότοπος του Πλάτωνα Ριβέλλη, Φωτογράφου και Δασκάλου Φωτογραφίας

www.rivellis.gr

 

[gary mulder]

I didn't say it Rodchenko did

"It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child." Picasso

That kind of humor.

 

[nikos79]

"It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child." Picasso

That kind of humor.

Humorous or not is so truthful
Sometimes when I see photographs of children that play with the camera I am mesmerised. Original, sensitive, they are all very personal and reveal their very distinct view.
And then I see many photographs of new students of photography in Lausanne and they all try to mimic their idols. But what can we do we are too old to see the world like a small child. We can only try...

 

[snusmumriken]

Humorous or not is so truthful
Sometimes when I see photographs of children that play with the camera I am mesmerised. Original, sensitive, they are all very personal and reveal their very distinct view.
And then I see many photographs of new students of photography in Lausanne and they all try to mimic their idols. But what can we do we are too old to see the world like a small child. We can only try...

When our kids were young (6 and 8 IIRC), I thought it would be interesting to give them disposable cameras and see what they produced. Unfortunately it wasn’t.

 

[gary mulder]

Humorous or not is so truthful

Exactly !

 

[nikos79]

When our kids were young (6 and 8 IIRC), I thought it would be interesting to give them disposable cameras and see what they produced. Unfortunately it wasn’t.

Well they cannot all be Lartigue that by the age of 6 was doing great works
But i guess they photographed what was interesting to them right? Something that they "painted" with their own interest and wanted to "show" to you. Not something that they saw somewhere else which was as they were told good photograph. Free of photographic "influences". Which might have been quite interesting in its own

 

[gary mulder]

That’s the advantage children have. They dot’n know what a good photograph should be like. That will always be something made in the past. Children are more capable to make something new. Most adults are unable to even recognise the qualities of something new. They are burdened with concepts from the past.
I find much humor in following adults confronted with there own shadow.

 

[snusmumriken]

That’s the advantage children have. They dot’n know what a good photograph should be like. That will always be something made in the past. Children are more capable to make something new. Most adults are unable to even recognise the qualities of something new. They are burdened with concepts from the past.
I find much humor in following adults confronted with there own shadow.

Good if you like OOF knees. But only a couple of years later my daughter used a digital camera to collect snaps of people’s feet at a wedding reception. Those were quirky and excellent.

And now back to Rodchenko.

 

[Don_ih]

Children can't see the world.

They only see things.

 

[gary mulder]

Children can't see the world.

They only see things.

Sure they see their mother as a thing. I don’t think so.

 

[Don_ih]

Sure they see their mother as a thing. I don’t think so.

You need to meet more small children.

 

[gary mulder]

You need to meet more small children.

Humor ?

 

[Alex Benjamin]

 

[Alex Benjamin]

 

[Alex Benjamin]

 

[Alex Benjamin]

A good excuse to also remember and celebrate the works of his colleague and fellow constructivist Boris Ignatovich

 

[cliveh]

A good excuse to also remember and celebrate the works of his colleague and fellow constructivist Boris Ignatovich

Alex, I have learned over time that you are the most Knowledgeable person on APUG for photographer critique. No one comes close to your knowledge of photographic history and artistic historical inter-relationships.

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Alex, I have learned over time that you are the most Knowledgeable person on APUG for photographer critique. No one comes close to your knowledge of photographic history and artistic historical inter-relationships.

That's very kind, Clive. I don't think I'm that knowledgeable, but I'm insatiably curious, and since your "appreciation" threads keep feeding that curiousity, please keep 'em coming!

This one actually brought back interesting memories of stuff I hadn't thought about in a while. I actually got interested in Russian constructivism before I got into photography. I had to write something about Prokofiev — I believe it was about his piano concerto no 1, but I'm not sure —and reading about Rodchenko and others opened up new perspectives about the composer's works, as there are similarities, even though he wasn't officially associated with the movement.

 

[Don_ih]

No, Alex, Clive's right. You write the most informed and thoughtful things in these threads.