The document discusses photography from the New Objectivity movement in Germany in the 1920s. It notes that for a new mechanical device like the camera to gain widespread acceptance, it needs to be inexpensive, easy to use, and provide visual pleasure that aligns with the mood of the times. It also notes that New Objectivity photography aimed to both accurately depict reality but also find subtle pleasure in unusual or hidden aspects of the world. The document lists several photographers associated with the New Objectivity style, including Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Alexander Rodchenko, Paul Outerbridge, Charles Sheeler, Karl Blossfeldt, Lucia Maholy, Sasha Stone, and

1. Photography from the
New objectivity movement

2. Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

6. “For a mechanical device to find such
wide acceptance, three factors must
usually be present: the apparatus has to
be relatively inexpensive, it has to be
technically easy to use, and the pleasure
it offers (in this case visual pleasure)
must be in tune with the mood and
direction of contemporary life”
Franz Roh Art historian

7. Albert Renger-Patzsch

10. Alexander rodchenko

14. On the one hand the joy of reality,
of the most exact possible
„recognition‟ of a piece of reality; on
the other hand, the subtle pleasure
in what is strange, hidden, unusual
in this same surrounding world”
Alexander Rodchenko

15. Paul Outerbridge

17. Charles Sheeler

20. Karl Blossfeldt

22. Lucia Maholy

23. Sasha Stone

24. Aenne Biermann

26. Paul Strand