image by
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 can do that.
You can do that.
Everybody can do that.
We can´t do that.
Sometimes this simplicity is harder to achieve,
than anything else.
Fragile old man, you are looking tired.
Old man, why are you looking so disappointed?
Probably you have every reason for it.