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August Sander

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August Sander (1876 to 1964) was a German portrait and documentary photographer whose first book, Face of Our Time, was published in 1929. He has been described as the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century, and although his work spans landscape, nature, architecture and street photography, he is best known for his portraits, exemplified by his series People of the Twentieth Century, in which he aimed to show a cross-section of society during the Weimar Republic.

Facts
Death Year
1964 1
Nationality
German 1
Death Date
1964-04-20 1
Birthplace
Herdorf, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire 1
Death Place
Cologne, West Germany 1
Classification
Gender
Male 1
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1. Wikipedia: August Sander
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    20 April 1964
  • Intro, first sentence
    German portrait and documentary photographer
  • Infobox, death_date
    1964-04-20
  • Infobox, birth_place
    Herdorf, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
  • Infobox, death_place
    Cologne, West Germany
  • Gender reference
    He has been described as the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century, and although his work spans landscape, nature, architecture and street photography, he is best known for his portraits, exemplified by his series People of the Twentieth Century, in which he aimed to show a cross-section of society during the Weimar Republic.
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