Analysis Of Alexander Rodchenko's Photomontage Of Children

In 1917, Russia pulled out of WWI to fight the revolution in their country. Upon the dismantling of Tsarist rule, the Soviet Union was established. Not long after, in the 1920s, the constructivism movement grew hand in hand with the new established government. It was characterized as a shift into a more abstract and unorthodox method of photography and design that was used for political propaganda during the reign of the Union. Alexander Rodchenko was a prominent figure during the rise of this movement. His art was viewed by the world, studied and still applied in modern art. Rodchenko’s photomontage of children, a man, and industrial devices is one of his masterpieces that display how justxaposition, ingenious photo placement, and hidden meaning further promoted the Soviet cause.
He places four younger kids in the photo and one man. There are also images of what seem to be industrial devices in picture right beside the children and one on top of a child and the man. The fact that there is ‘four times’ as many children than man shows that a man can still be youthful as he ages. By adding a little girl, he also appeals not only men but women as well. By placing three contrasting themes right next each other, he gives an underlying meaning to this