Albert Renger-Patzsch, German, 1897-1966 Albert Renger-Patzsch (born in Würzburg) was a pioneering and influential proponent of the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity or New Realism) in photography beginning in the 1920s. The son of an enthusiastic amateur photographer, Renger-Patzsch began taking photographs in his youth. Following studies in Dresden and service in the German army, he worked as