Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Untitled 12. Albert Renger-Patzsch 1897 – 1966. Camera Magazine A central pillar of the

A central pillar of the catalog is an essay titled "The Platinum Era

and residential neighborhoods before they were entirely rewritten by the catastrophic 1906 earthquake and fire

The book opens with the quest for "the elusive image

and composition

Published in Paris during the height of the Belle Époque

Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Untitled 12. Albert Renger-Patzsch 1897 – 1966. Camera Magazine A central pillar of theThe Albert Renger Patzsch Collection at the Friends of Photography, which issued this softcover book in 1977. 28 plates by Renger Patzsch, mostly landscapes with one portrait. Other photos include portrait of Renger Patzsch and one with Ansel Adams and Rosario Mazzeo by Beaumont Newhall. Also includes essay, "Picking Winners," by Henry Holmes Smith and a chronology of exhibits at the Friends, 19671977, which reads like a who's who in photography. A