Keeping the Record - pencil drawing by Nigel A. JAMESConfirmed Expectations
There is, on at the moment, an exhibition of Robert Rutöd’s photography at the Galerie Ruth Maier in Vienna. And, after having read about it in the Wiener Zeitung, my expectations were high!
There I found more than just very good pictures! What I discovered was a collection of excellently photographed moments - the split seconds in life that add up to the whole.
Moments are important! And life, one could say, is made up of them; and it is the role of photography (I believe) to capture them; and Robert Rutöd has successfully positioned himself at the front of a long-standing tradition that started with Alfred Stieglitz, and, along the way, has included such great names as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Brassai.
Simple snaps have a role to play, too. But only the practiced eye is able to pick out, recognize and shoot the essential– and all within the space of a very quick second. This is Robert Rutöd’s forte. He is recording our life!
And how he is reporting it is important, too. In Robert Rutöd's style there is an unusual colourful clarity of simplicity that doesn't fog the importance of the moment. What's important is the preserving of the split second of the now before it is gone for ever!
And this is the point of his photography. Moments very soon become the past; and it is the past that is interesting for the future; and, in years to come, Robert Rutöd’s pictures are the ones that people will be looking at and saying that that’s what life was like in those days!
I arrived at the exhibition with high expectations – they were confirmed. This exhibitio is to be seen!
This exhibition, which includes one or two small surprises as well, is on at Galerie Ruth Maier, the address is 1070 Vienna, Siebensterngassse 25. It is on until the 25th of April and is open from 4 in the afternoon until 7 in the evening.
The telephone number of the Galerie is 01 944 5500
Also of interest is Robert Rutöd’s home page, www.rutoed.at
My e-mail address is the following, njmailboy@gmail.com
And this is the point of his photography. Moments very soon become the past; and it is the past that is interesting for the future; and, in years to come, Robert Rutöd’s pictures are the ones that people will be looking at and saying that that’s what life was like in those days!
I arrived at the exhibition with high expectations – they were confirmed. This exhibitio is to be seen!
This exhibition, which includes one or two small surprises as well, is on at Galerie Ruth Maier, the address is 1070 Vienna, Siebensterngassse 25. It is on until the 25th of April and is open from 4 in the afternoon until 7 in the evening.
The telephone number of the Galerie is 01 944 5500
Also of interest is Robert Rutöd’s home page, www.rutoed.at
My e-mail address is the following, njmailboy@gmail.com
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