New Objectivity Photography

新即物主義写真 / 1920s–1930s / Style / Photography Movements

Steps back from sentiment and records the structure of people and things coolly: sharp focus, frontality, typology.

Sharp focus / Frontality / Repetition and types / Material detail

New Objectivity Photography — ブロスフェルトの植物写真New Objectivity Photography — レンガー＝パッチュ『鉄と鋼』装丁 1931New Objectivity Photography — ブロスフェルト『芸術の原形』1928より
ブロスフェルトの植物写真 ／ レンガー＝パッチュ『鉄と鋼』装丁 1931 ／ ブロスフェルト『芸術の原形』1928より

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing historical works and their conditions · Deciding which principles survive translation to today's media
Type
Observe the type and composition of reference works
Composition
Extract the one principle that steers the eye
Material
Verify the technique's own materials, process and support
Caution
Don't take the claim of objectivity at face value. Read the bias in the typology and the photographer's gaze.
Further study
August Sander / Albert Renger-Patzsch / Aenne Biermann

Related entries

Source: MoMA — August Sander

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