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5 unusual facts about August Sander


Catherine Opie

and the full body frontal portraits that reference August Sander.

Judith Joy Ross

Her style is akin to that of early 20th-century photographers, such as Eugène Atget, Lewis Hine and August Sander—all major influences on Ross's work.

L'Inconnue de la Seine

Alfred Döblin's essay, "Of Faces, Pictures, and their Truth" ("Von Gesichtern, Bildern, und ihrer Wahrheit"), published as an introduction to photographer August Sander's 1929 collection Face of our Time (Antlitz der Zeit).

Martin Schoeller

In his early years he was influenced by photographers August Sander, Bernd Becher, and Hilla Becher.

Michael Somoroff

Somoroff’s "Absence of Subject", his homage to the legendary photographer August Sander, was chosen as the only exhibit to be placed on Piazza San Marco during the 2011 Venice Biennale in the long artistic history of the city.


Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

Recent shows with portrait or glamour photography are Photographs 1946-2004 by Richard Avedon, Chemises by Malick Sidibé, and People of the 20th Century by August Sander.


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