http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:06:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-27/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-27/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:20:31 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3879 image by August Sander Explosionsopfer. ca. 1930 Victim of an explosion The catastrophies I experienced as a kid, I believed to be my purely personal ones. Other children, I thought, didn´t have this big shameful family secret I had to hide. A secret that made me lonesome. Secrets make you lonesome. Meanwhile I realized, that [...]]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-27/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-26/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-26/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:18:01 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3875 image by August Sander Zwergwüchsige. ca 1906 Midgets]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-26/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-25/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-25/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:15:32 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3872 image by August Sander]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-25/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-24/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-24/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:06:30 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3770&langswitch_lang=de image by August Sander Blinde Kinder. Düren, ca. 1930/31 Blind children]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-24/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-23/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-23/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:05:48 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3772 image by August Sander Arbeitsloser. Köln, 1928 Unemployed man That´s it. Unemployment looks different now in Germany. But it´s essence stayed the same. Being unemployed means, having lost your place in society. Being unemployed means, having been pushed aside, standing with the back to the wall. Being unemployed means, standing on the brink. It means [...]]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-23/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-22/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-22/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:04:37 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3773 image by August Sander Gymnasiasten bei der Kaisergeburtstagsfeier. Köln, 1915 High school boys celebrate the Kaiser´s birthday]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-22/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-21/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-21/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:04:09 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3774 image by August Sander Korbflechter bei der Arbeit. Westerwald, 1931 Basketmakers at work]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-21/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-20/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-20/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:03:39 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3775 image by August Sander Zigeuner Gypsy Nowadays it isn´t politically correct to use the term “gypsy” on Sinti or Roma. ZIGEUNER, in Hungarian: CIGÀNY is still used as an ethnic slur. Antisemitism and bad treatment of the Sinti and Roma are shockingly vivid in Hungary. So even today respectful treatment of the “other” of minorities, [...]]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-20/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-19/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-19/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:03:11 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3777 image by August Sander Gelegenheitsarbeiter Occasional worker One of the approaches in contemporary photography is to make simple, drab looking, no thrills images. August Sander´s photographs are like that. I enjoy this simple image of a man. Photographs of little “Lolitas”, seem to be very successful today. But there is more to humanity than little [...]]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-19/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-16/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-16/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:01:32 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3780 image by August Sander Mädchen im Zirkuswagen. Köln, 1926 Girl in a circus caravan]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-16/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-17/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-17/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:02:03 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3778 image by August Sander Zirkusartistin. Köln, 1926 Cirkus artist]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-17/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-28/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-28/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:24:12 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=4030 image by August Sander Der Maler Heinrich Hoerle. Köln, ca 1927 The painter Heinrich Hoerle]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-28/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-15/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-15/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:00:54 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3781 image by August Sander Der Maler Franz Wilhelm Seiwert. Köln, 1928 The painter Franz Wilhelm Seiwert painting by Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, 1928]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-15/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-14/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-14/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:00:17 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3782 Der Maler Anton Räderscheidt. Köln,1927 The painter Anton Räderscheidt Following images by Anton Räderscheidt and August Sander I found here. I guess, August Sander knew these paintings. © Anton Räderscheidt VG Bild-Kunst Bonn Maler mit Model 1926 Painter and model Painting missing © Anton Räderscheidt VG Bild-Kunst Bonn Der Akt am Barren DATIERT 1925 VERBLEIB [...]]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-14/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-13/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-13/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:59:44 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3783 image by August Sander Wanderschauspieler. Köln, 1928 Touring player August Sander told him, that´s my guess, to recite some lines from a play. Skinny man, you look like somebody, very close to the edge. Heartache. Craze. Still going on. In spite of.]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-13/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-12/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-12/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:59:11 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3784 image by August Sander Nationalsozialist, 1938 National-Socialist An ordinary guy, having the aura of a fearful rabbit. Ordinary guys were killing the Jews. Bureaucrats were killing them. Sadists were killing them. Functionaries were killing them. Soldiers were killing them. It all depends on the circumstances.]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-12/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-11/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-11/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:58:40 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3785 image by August Sander Fahnenjunker, ca. 1940 Officer cadet They are still sending out kids to die.]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-11/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-10/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-10/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:58:10 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3786 image by August Sander Hauptmann der Reserve. Elsaß-Lothringen, ca 1916 Captain of the reserves Lots of uniforms on August Sanders photographs. I like, that this officer has two arms, but looks like someone, who has lost one. I like the surroundings, ordinary, artless. White spots eating themselves through the picture. Utterly undignified, this setting.]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-10/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-9/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-9/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:10:38 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3787 image by August Sander Tänzerin, Yvonne Estelle, ca.!935 Dancer What makes this photograph so different from other studio portraits of this kind? I am fascinated by the looks of this woman, who, in my eyes, has the air of a girl looking rather grown up. Friendly eyes, wide awake, her smile so delicate, self-reliant calm. [...]]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-9/feed/ 0 http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-8/ http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-8/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:57:10 +0000 Zoltán Jókay http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/?p=3788 image by August Sander Frau eines Malers. Verheiratet mit Peter Abelen, Köln ca. 1927/1928 The wife of the painter Peter Abelen Eighty years ago: a woman almost like a man, in a pose, unthinkable then, still unusual today. Holding a cigarette between her clenched teeth. Appearing agressive, part of the photographers visual game. Not real. [...]]]> http://zoltanjokay.de/zoltanblog/2010/02/august-sander-menschen-des-20-jahrhundertsaugust-sander-people-of-the-20th-century-8/feed/ 0