Damn it, nobody knows what is beautiful and what is not. They do not understand new things.
Alexander RodchenkoThe 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 RodchenkoDonโt try to capture a man in one synthetic portrait, but rather in lots of snapshots taken at different times and in different circumstances.
Alexander RodchenkoI want to take some quite incredible photographs that have never been taken before... pictures which are simple and complex at the same time, which will amaze and overwhelm people ... I must achieve this so that photography can begin to be considered a form of art.
Alexander Rodchenko