Photograph or Moving Image by ForeignPhotographer/Artist
Inventory Number
93-PHF-043
In the 1920s, Alexandre Rodchenko produced a body of pioneering artworks set in the Soviet Union soon after the revolution. His use of close-ups and bold camera angles is well known. However, in this shot, compositional ingenuity has taken a back seat to a snapshot-like style.
The woman is holding a Leica, which at the time had only just been released. This groundbreaking compact camera could be used by anyone, and it had in fact made snapshot photography possible. Through his depiction of this camera and the woman using it with ease, Rodchenko may have been trying to capture a turning point in time, the significance of which went beyond post-revolution buzz in a nascent Soviet Union.
(MATSUNAGA Shintaro)
In the 1920s, Alexandre Rodchenko produced a body of pioneering artworks set in the Soviet Union soon after the revolution. His use of close-ups and bold camera angles is well known. However, in this shot, compositional ingenuity has taken a back seat to a snapshot-like style.
The woman is holding a Leica, which at the time had only just been released. This groundbreaking compact camera could be used by anyone, and it had in fact made snapshot photography possible. Through his depiction of this camera and the woman using it with ease, Rodchenko may have been trying to capture a turning point in time, the significance of which went beyond post-revolution buzz in a nascent Soviet Union.
(MATSUNAGA Shintaro)