Photos by Rodchenko

An exhibition on Soviet photographer and designer Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956) will open next week at Foam. Inspired by German Dadaists, visual artist Rodchenko started experimenting with photography and photomontage in the 1920s. In addition, he designed posters and magazines.

When party guidelines changed in the 1930s, he focussed on photographing sports events and parades.

Rodchenko’s work still exerts considerable influence on graphic designers. For example, a 1924 photomontage featuring Lilya Brik inspired cover art for bands like The Ex and Franz Ferdinand.

Source: Wikipedia. Image: Cover of the Book About That by Vladimir Mayakovski, 1923 © A. Rodchenko V. Stepanova Archive Moscow House of Photography Museum. More images