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October 13, 2005
Well, first of all, I confess I didn't read. Read what? Anything about Rodchenko. Where was the reading? But in any case, I did look at Rodchenko's photographs, and enjoyed his forrays into graphic design. I have always been interested in and inspired by the Bauhaus and like schools of art and graphic design. Rodchenko's photography seems very geometrical, not photography, really, but a strange bastardization. He abstracts his subjects - twists them to seemingly unatural views, his images often displaying a disorienting tilt. I especially enjoy (conversely) both the birds eye and ants perspective he employs in composition. The photograph titled Pioneer Girl gives the subject a certain power unmistakable. She brings forth thoughts and fantasies of the early 20th century european - strong, passionate, patriotic. And through his entire body of work, there remains a constant movement. Even the images portraying still subjects display a tense electricity not easily explained. Movement obviously doesnt have to be literal, much the opposite.
Posted by alex at October 13, 2005 11:50 PM