Albert Renger-Patzsch
Joy Before the Object
Aperture, New York, 1993
Donald Kuspit
pages 80
first edition
dimensions 29.5 × 25 cm, hardcover with jacket
language English
ISBN 0-89236-273-1
pages 80
first edition
dimensions 29.5 × 25 cm, hardcover with jacket
language English
ISBN 0-89236-273-1
ARTISTS
Albert Renger-Patzsch
He began taking photographs at the age of 12. After military service during World War I, he studied chemistry at Dresden Technical College. In the early 1920s he worked as a photographer for the Chicago Tribune before going freelance. Appointed professor and head of the department of pictorial photography at the Folkwangschule in Essen, he left the position after only two semesters because of Nazi oppression. Albert Renger-Patzsch is considered one of the most important figures of New Objectivity photography.
He began taking photographs at the age of 12. After military service during World War I, he studied chemistry at Dresden Technical College. In the early 1920s he worked as a photographer for the Chicago Tribune before going freelance. Appointed professor and head of the department of pictorial photography at the Folkwangschule in Essen, he left the position after only two semesters because of Nazi oppression. Albert Renger-Patzsch is considered one of the most important figures of New Objectivity photography.