St. Petersburg Died December 3, 1956 (aged 64)
Moscow. He studied at the Kazan School of Art and the Stroganov Institute in Moscow.
The Russian artist was not only known for his photography, but also his sculpting and grapic design. Rodchenko was best known for his work in founding Constructivism-"characterized chiefly by a severely formal organization of mass, volume, and space, and by the employment of modern industrial materials. Compare suprematism." (Dictionary.com)
Photography came later on in his career, beginning in 1924, in which he focused on odd angles of subjects to delay viewers ability to recognize the subject of the image. One of his famous quotes, "One has to take several different shots of a subject, from different points of view and in different situations, as if one examined it in the round rather than looked through the same key-hole again and again." depicts his ideals in this subject.
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