Image inspired by Alexander Rodchenko

Above image by Alexander Rodchenko

My image that has been inspired by Rodchenko

Alexander Rodchenko was a Russian artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design. He is best known how his striking images taken from obscure and strange angles. The perspectives he uses foreshorten objects and intimate close-ups, creating a illusion, he also often didn't involve people within his image which allow all the proportions of the image to be questionable. He used a film camera for most of his like his most common being a Leica. His images where shot in black and which and had a lot of shadows and highlights and a lot of dark and contrasted areas. After looking at his images i chose to take an image of my own using the same technical aspects as Rodchenko used within his work. Firstly i photographed a building from around the same period as Rodchenko's work around 1930s, i decided to look at the buildings he may have photographed to be grand and modern in todays society are old and worn. I then shot looking up from the floor i felt this angle helped to create an illusion as it is unclear wether you are looking down or up only the sky gives it away. I also tried to capture some symmetry within my image as this is also an aspect that Rodchenko considered when photographing. I then change my image to black and white and dodge and burnt some aspects of the image to enhance the signs of wearing on the building.

http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=4975

http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=4975

http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/rodchenko.shtml

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3671028/Alexander-Rodchenko-A-man-who-took-life-lying-down.html