Ascent Beginning, by Godfrey. It reminds me more of one of HCB's pictures, also shot from above. Of course, HCB was probably well aware of Rodchenko's style. On the other hand, he didn't much approve of photos taken from strange angles and viewpoints, as Rodchenko often did. Rodchenko was opposed to photos all being shot from the level of the navel, so he sought out strange angles.
For me Rodchenko is a bit hit & miss. I don't much like the strange angles and montage style, but he was ahead of his time and defined a very influential style, with Mayakovsky. I prefer his more straight work. Bob > > But one of the most acclaimed shot in the PDML manual was shot ala > Rodchenko, the view looking down at the plaza with the mother and > stroller, and the child running down the steps (my sis has the book, > so can't research the photographer). That was a good image in my > opinion. > > > On Mar 22, 2009, at 16:30 , Jack Davis wrote: > > > > > FTR, I don't care for Rodchenko's photo style either, Luka. > > > > Jack > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > > http://gallery.me.com/jomac > http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
