{"title":"Albert Renger-Patzsch","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbert Renger-Patzsch's works invite readers into a world where photography and art intersect with precision and clarity. His books, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Absolute Realist\u003c\/em\u003e, explore the beauty of the everyday through a lens that emphasises form and detail, reflecting a unique artistic vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e category, Renger-Patzsch's publications offer an insightful perspective on realism and visual aesthetics, appealing to those interested in photographic art as well as the broader cultural movements that shaped his approach.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-absolute-realist-by-albert-renger-patzsch-9781606067802","title":"The Absolute Realist","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis annotated anthology presents the first English translation of German photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch's collected writings.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA towering figure in the history of photography, Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897–1966) has come to epitomize New Objectivity, the neorealist movement in modernist literature, film, and the visual arts recognized as the signature artistic style of Germany's Weimar Republic. Today, his images are regularly exhibited and widely considered key influences on contemporary photographers. Whether they capture geometrically intricate cacti, flooded tidal landscapes, stacks of raw materials, or imposing blast furnace towers, Renger-Patzsch's photographs embody what his peer Hugo Sieker termed \"absolute realism,\" an approach predicated upon the idea that photographers have one task: to exploit the camera’s unique capacity to document with uncompromising detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNot only a photographer, Renger-Patzsch was also an influential and lucid writer who advocated his unique brand of uncompromising realism in almost a half century’s worth of articles, essays, lectures, brochures, and unpublished manuscripts addressing photography, technology, and modernity. Drawing on his papers at the Getty Research Institute and other archives, \u003cem\u003eThe Absolute Realist\u003c\/em\u003e unites in one volume this skilful photographer’s ideas about the defining visual medium of modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432799060204,"sku":"9781606067802","price":107.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781606067802.jpg?v=1774766460"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/albert-renger-patzsch.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}