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The viewer who sees only a study in the picture of the glass jug illuminated from behind fails to appreciate the masterly composition, the noble purity of the lines, the rich plasticity of the form and consequently also the poetry and beauty of the picture, and still more important, its specifically photographic qualities.

Alexander Rodchenko

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Alexander Rodchenko
Age: 64 †
Born: 1891
Born: December 5
Died: 1956
Died: January 1
Architect
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Photographer
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St. Petersburg
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Only the camera seems to be really capable of describing modern life.
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Photography - the new, rapid, concrete reflector of the world - should surely undertake to show the world from all vantage points, and to develop people's capacity to see from all sides. (1928)
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Landscapes, heads and naked women are called artistic photography, while photographs of current events are called press photography.
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Damn it, nobody knows what is beautiful and what is not. They do not understand new things.
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