Tuesday, February 21, 2012

August Sander (1876-1964)

Benjamin also mentions Sander's encyclopedic series of photographs of people. Here are just a few of the thousands of human types that Sander photographed:





The New Woman

The Soldier


Painters

 Brick Layer

2 comments:

  1. These photos have so much personality!

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  2. Do you think that's because they have the 'aura' that accompanies photos of characters who have to sit for such long periods of time?

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