Week 2: Camera Use: Artists Alexander Rodchenko & Henri Cartier-Bresson

1. 

   
   

   
   

   Alexander Rodchenko

   Artist
2. Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko was a Russian artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design; he was married to the artist Varvara Stepanova. Wikipedia
4. Born: December 5, 1891, Saint Petersburg, Russia
5. Died: December 3, 1956, Moscow, Russia
6. Periods: Modern art, Constructivism

   
   

   
   

   

   Alexander Rodchenko photo prints gallery | Constructivism prints ...
   

   konstruktivizm.com3385 × 5085Search by image

   'Fire escape' by Alexander Rodchenko in high resolution.

   
   

   Rodchenkis is a very different photographer. He was dynamic and he used different angles, composition and cropping. The Fire Escape looks like it was going into infinity.

   
   

   This photo was taken from a low angle, leading lines move your eyes up towards the top of the building.

   
   The focus is mid to wide DOF. Vantage point, mid ground. (Fire Escape) Above

   
   

   
   

   

   Alexander Rodchenko, Suchov-Sendeturm (Shuchov transmission tower), 1929. Gelatin silver print, 5 13/16 x 8 7/8 in. © Rodchenko & Stepanova Archive, DACS 2010.
   
   This is a very busy beginning taking you up to a point of peace at the top. 
   His wide concepts of DOF, low angle makes the image look wider with almost a rounded effect Vantage point foreground. (Shuchov transmission tower) Above
   

   
   

   
   Rodchenko uses wide depth of field to create angles and leading. Tight cropping of the image. A low angle was used to shoot this image. Vantage point mid ground. (Revolution in Photography) Below
   
   

   

   
   
   
   Exhibition: 'Alexander Rodchenko – Revolution in Photography' at ...artblart.com900 × 1125Search by image Rodchenko's Archive / 2011, ProLitteris, Zurich . . Alexander Rodchenko
   
   Reference:  aleksandr rodchenko photography
   Reference: ALEKSANDR RODCHENKO, INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION AT MOMA, 1998 http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1998/rodchenko/

   Henri Cartier-Bresson
   

   
   

    

   Henri Cartier-Bresson

   French, born 1908, died 2004

   
   

   “To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life.”

   
   

   

   Henri Cartier-Bresson: Eternal Landscape
   Reference: Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos‬
   
   

   
   The road is the leading line moving towards the trees far, far away into the distance. The open space on the right creates a feeling of depth to the trees. 
   Mid ground, and a wide DOF. Amazing composition make one want to go and see where the road leads too.
   (Eternal Landscape) Above  
   
     

   

   
   
   
   
   

   “The Decisive Moment” by Henri Cartier-Bresson http://erickimphotography.com

   
   

   
   

   The boy with crutches is the vantage point moving your eyes towards the other boys enjoying the game they were playing. It appears that the boy on crutches is escaping with the help the larger boy in white. Lots of laughter in a very poor and broken building. He seem to have positioned himself through a crack in the wall capturing the moment. Foreground moving towards the background, leading lines formed by the boys and the damaged building full of rubble. Great framing. Wide DOF. High angle. 
   (The Decisive Moment) Above