August Sander: People of the 20th Century

With People of the 20th Century, August Sander created a monumental work that is unique in the history of photography and a classic of photographic literature. Sander conceived this large-scale pr ...

With People of the 20th Century, August Sander created a monumental work that is unique in the history of photography and a classic of photographic literature. Sander conceived this large-scale project, which he ultimately never completed, in the 1920s. He was to spend the rest of his life working on it, his objective nothing less than a complete typological portrait of contemporary society. Hundreds of portraits classified according to professional, social or family criteria were to provide a representative picture of the various social groups. He envisaged seven groups labeled: "The Farmer," August Sander: People of the 20th Century - Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, Susanne Lange od authora Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, Susanne Lange a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus.cz