Cover
Title Page
Contents Page
Acknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Special Thanks
Introduction: Albert Renger-Patzsch, the Absolute Realist
Published Writings, 1923–1942
Plant Photographs (1923)
On Photographing Flowers
Animal Photos with the Meyer Plasmat
Plant Photographs (ca. 1925)
The Details along the Way
On Photographing Sculptural Artworks
Heretical Thoughts on Artistic Photography
Winter Photography and Snowshoeing
Cactus Photographs
Photographs of Children
Photographic Studies in the Plant Kingdom
The Landscape Photographer in Winter
Photography and Art
Nature as Artist
Aims
Some Remarks on Hands and Hand Photographs
New Perspectives of the Camera
Joy before the Object
My Book about the Halligen
“Hold Still!”: Martin Munkacsi and Albert Renger-Patzsch on Amateur Photography
Some Tips from Renger-Patzsch, Photographer
Postscript to Photo-Inflation / Boom Times
On Photography’s Essence: From a Letter
The Limits of the Photographic
The Camera and Landscape Photography
Violating the Landscape Is Forbidden
Masters of the Camera Tell How: A. Renger-Patzsch
Work-Photo
Sylt—The Image of an Island: Landscape as Document
I Photograph . . .
On the Limits of Photography: From Essays by Albert Renger-Patzsch
Interlude: The Mystery of Albert Renger-Patzsch, the Third Reich, and National Socialism
Published Writings, 1950–1967
An Escape from the Chaos: Some Thoughts on the Situation of Photography Today
Thoughts on Professional Photography
Editorial Note
An Attempt to Classify Photography (1953)
“It was a glorious time!”
An Attempt to Classify Photography (1958)
Where Does Photography Stand Today?
What about Landscape?
A Conceptual Definition of “Photography”
Architect and Photographer
On the Limits of the Trade: Can Photography Represent a Type?
The Standard Format of the Future (and “Discouragingly Good!” and “You’re Not . . . Getting the Picture”)
World Exhibition of Photography
On Photography’s Significance and the Photographer’s Responsibility
A Lecture Never Delivered
In memoriam: Albert Renger-Patzsch / The Amateur and the Object
Unpublished Writings
Editorial Note
Some Remarks on Portrait Photography, on Hands and Hand Portraits
On the Care of Cacti
Mankind—In Technology’s Thrall—Is Destroying His Own Home
Expert Witness Opinion
Photographs of Spare Parts
Photographic Murder
Untitled [“That which we call landscape . . .”]
Photogenic
Untitled [“It’s rare that one can create a completely verisimilar portrait . . .”]
On Architectural Photographs
Untitled [“Autobiography can only be of general interest . . .”]
For Further Reading
About the Editor and Translator
Index
Copyright Page
Back Cover