New Objectivity
A photographic movement in response to the emotional dramatic styles of photography in the 1920's; offered a return to unsentimental reality and a focus on the objective world, as opposed to the more abstract, romantic, or idealistic tendencies of photography.
Visional style through the exact representation of the subject, a clear and well defined image construction with particular attention to shapes and structures.
Germany: Albert Renger-Patszch.
America: Paul strand & Edward Weston.
New Objectivity
A photographic movement in response to the emotional dramatic styles of photography in the 1920's; offered a return to unsentimental reality and a focus on the objective world, as opposed to the more abstract, romantic, or idealistic tendencies of photography.
Visional style through the exact representation of the subject, a clear and well defined image construction with particular attention to shapes and structures.
Germany: Albert Renger-Patszch.
America: Paul strand & Edward Weston.