Albert Renger-Patzsch’s photographs have 5 characteristics:
- Very dark tones usually (black and white pictures with no color)
- Abstraction—Geometric patterns
- Multiple layers
- light and shadow
- different formal elements
Albert Renger-Patzsch usually takes his photographs with a very dark tone, with only black and white as his colors. He is also interested in abstraction since his photographs are full of geometric patterns. Some of his photos have multiple layers, with the nearer objects larger and the further objects smaller. The angles are also very well-picked, with light showering part of the object and darkness casting over the other side, and shadows are also behind or beside the objects. Last but not least, there are diverse formal elements, such as curve lines, diagonal straight lines, horizontal/vertical straight lines, and circles.
The reason why I have chosen Albert Renger-Patzsch as my photographer is that I really like his style of taking photographs. His layers are very clear, and he takes abstract photos with geometric patterns. Also, his color really reflects how he thinks. His photos are usually of a very dark tone as mentioned above, sometimes light with white or yellow as its main color, and that reflects his attitude. He is also very good at using lines. Curve and straight lines neatly cut across the image, and separating the geometric patterns from each other or from other parts of the image.
Nature, after all, is not so poor that she requires constant improvement. —Albert Renger-Patzsch
I particularly like this quote by Albert Renger-Patzsch because it really reflects his attitude of nature. He usually takes photographs of nature, he really loves nature and really reflects her beauty by taking different pictures. This quote tells us that nature needs to be improved constantly, just like we do. We also need constant improvement in our range of photography, to reflect the improvement of nature. I would like to follow him and take more photographs of nature, and constantly improve myself.