“Let us... leave art to the artists, and let us try to use the medium of photography to create photographs that can endure because of their photographic qualities.” TryingArtUseArtistQualityPhotographyEndurePhotographMediums Book:Albert Renger-Patzsch: joy before the object Source: Albert Renger-Patzsch: joy before the object
“In photography one should surely proceed from essence of the object and attempt to represent it with photographic terms alone.” ShouldTermObjectsPhotographyEssence Author:Albert Renger-Patzsch
“... modern life is no longer thinkable without photography.” Life IsModernPhotographyModern LifeThinkable Author:Albert Renger-Patzsch
“There was a time when one looked over one's shoulder with an ironical smile at the photographer and when photography as a profession seemed almost invariably a target for ridicule. That time is now over.” PhotographyPhotographerProfessionShouldersTargetRidicule Author:Albert Renger-Patzsch
“To do justice to modern technology's rigid linear structure, to the lofty gridwork of cranes and bridges, to the dynamism of machines operating at one thousand horsepower - only photography is capable of that. What those who are attached to the painterly style regard as photography's defect, the mechanical reproduction of form - is just what makes it superior to all other means of expression.” MeanFormJusticeTechnologyModernStyleExpressionThousandPhotographyCapableMachinesRegardStructureSuperiorsBridgesDefectsLoftyReproductionLinearDynamismCranesModern TechnologyHorsepower Author:Albert Renger-Patzsch
