August Sander - di John Von Hartz - Könemann

• ISBN: 9783895086151
• EDITORE: Könemann
  
• AUTORE: John Von Hartz
• ANNO DI PUBBLICAZIONE: 1997
• COLLANA: Aperture Masters of photography

Pagine 96 - foto in bianco e nero.
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Testo in INGLESE, FRANCESE e TEDESCO.
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An unobtrusive portrait photographer who already knew what he wanted from his subjects at the outset of his career, August Sander became the photographer of the soul and the chronicler of an age.
A meticulous workman and driven artist, he photographed the defeated citizenry of Germany in 1918, who needed photo identification cards for the occupying forces.
By 1929 he had photographed all classes and types of German people. Sander came under the influence of modern art and its vocal intellectual practioners, whom he befriended in Cologne. It was through his discussions with them that he came to understand the importance of his portrait work and was encouraged to continue. He produced the first volume of an extended series he hoped would provide an exhaustive catalog, but by the 1930’s his work fell into disfavor by the Nazis and was banned.
The photography of August Sander, resounding with clarity and expressiveness, comprises an extraordinary human document. This volume includes forty-three of his portraits, revealing a vast cross section of German society, from pastry chefs to industrialists, and providing a provocative glance at the Weimar Republic.