modernism photography finds a voice

Modernism photography finds a voice

During the Russian revolution a new movement grew from the inspiration provided by the propaganda called constructivism. It was one of the only ways of getting information to the masses. Gustav Klutsis was one a major member of the constructivism and photographer. The smaller hands make up the bigger one which represents the Soviet Union as a whole. This is just one of the many poster produced during the revolution.

                       

Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko was one of the founders of constructivism. ‘He worked as a painter and graphic designer before turning to photomontage and photography. His photography was socially engaged, formally innovative, and opposed to a painterly aesthetic. Concerned with the need for analytical-documentary photo series, he often shot his subjects from odd angles—usually high above or down below—to shock the viewer and to postpone recognition’.

Art Deco was a decorative arts and architecture movement that originated in the 1920s and developed into a major style in Western Europe and the United States during the 1930s. Art Deco design represented modernism turned into fashion.

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. He was an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. Cartier-Bresson applied something called the decisive moment to his photographic style. The moment was thought to be decisive when all elements in the frame come together.