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August Sander

German photographer (1876-1964) · Germany · Artists · Died at 87

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August Sander was a German portrait and documentary photographer. His first book Face of our Time was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century".

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Awards

Prix Nadar Gens d'images1982
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1960

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Child: Erich Sander

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August Sander was a German portrait and documentary photographer. His first book Face of our Time was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century". Sander's work includes landscape, nature, architecture, and street photography, but he is best known for his portraits, as exemplified by his series People of the 20th Century. In this series, he aims to show a cross-section of society during the Weimar Republic.

Country
Germany
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1876 to 1964 · aged 87

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