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Older: August Sander/ Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts
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August Sander
Bäuerliche Braut. ca. 1921/22
Rural bride
Recently I noticed,
while browsing through the net,
that I react instinctively to images,
where people,
unaccountably,
seem to look different,
than the rest of …
Newer: August Sander/ Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts
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August Sander
Arbeiterrentner. Kuchhausen, ca. 1945
Retired worker
Backdrop.
Foreground.
Almost as if taken in a studio.
Formal means that August Sander is using constantly.
A simple image.
I …
August Sander/ Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts
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August Sander
Bauer. Westerwald, ca. 1930/31
Farmer
I don´t know the dress code of those times,
for that,
this farmer,
looks for me
like an undertaker,
beaten by life.
Obviously a misinterpretation.
Still, this photograph,
as many others by August Sander,
shows his mastery of the form.
An image,
that,
while relating to reality,
has a layer,
that is devoted purely to abstraction.
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