His life spanning from 1891 to 1956, Alexander Rodchenko was a Russian artist, photographer, and designer. He was known as a leader of the new Soviet art after the revolutions in 1917. Yet from 1930 on he was somewhat ignored. He studied art in Kazan in St. Petersburg, and then in 1915 moved to Moscow to join the "avant-garde" circles around Malevich and Tatlin. He was said to be the most significant of the Constructivists; in 1921 forming the First Working Group of Constuctivists along with a few other artists. He formed this group because he believed that artists should work in factories to develop new things in design and production. It was a more practical application of their creativity and abilities.
Rodchenko's first work in photography was creating photomontages for magazines between 1922-23. During this time especially he did a lot of design work. From 1925 on he focused on developing himself as a photographer. He was published in many magazines and used his work to illustrate Russia's progress. His photos also documented the social and political life of Russia (Soviet Union).
Rodechenko thought photography would be the artistic medium of his era, which is a reason he became a part of it. Adding previous experience, he made design an element in his photography and worked with camera angles, extreme foreshortening of perspective, and close-ups of details. Over time, Rodchenko's work spanned to posters, magazine and book designs, advertisements, photojournalism and documentary photography.
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