Alexander Rodtschenko

Alexander Michailowitsch Rodtschenko was among the leading members of the artistic avant-garde following the October revolution of 1917. Although he was still indebted to French Cubism during his studies in Kasan, contact with Constructivist artists such as Malewitsch and Tatlin encouraged his interest in photography and collage, which he combined with aspects of print work as a form of revolutionary art. His photographic works are characterised by their starkly formal compositions and unusual perspectives. He mainly focussed on photojournalism and non-figural photography.