August Sander German Portrait Artist 1876 - 1963.
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August SanderGerman Portrait Artist
1876 - 1963
Mother in Grief and Joy
In 1922, Sanders set out on his bicycle to sample the surrounding German country side. His goal, to create a portrait of a people. He wanted to portray the “modern” German society and represent them through a sampling of photographic portraits.
Although his goal was 600 photographs, he published a much smaller number in a book in 1929. Unfortunately, the Nazi’s banned his book, raided his studio, burned many of his negatives and turned him into a fugitive. They felt his portrayal did not represent the “master race” they wished to create.
What different occupations is Sander’s representing?
The Earthbound Farmer
He titles these slides “peasant couple” and “peasant” woman…
What characteristics is he striving to capture in the German peasants?
Farmer and Wife
Mother and Daughter
What made Sanders want to photograph this farming
family?What is similar/different from
farming families you know?
Farming Generations
What does this pose achieve?
Why use it twice?
Peasant Woman
Facial expressions
And props
Sanders probably took paid portraits of wealthy persons as he traveled throughout Germany.
Yet, none of these appear in any of his published works.What makes these portraits “worthy” of publication over
ones he might have been commissioned to do?
Police Officer
Or these?
High School
Student
Member of Parliament
Industrial Magistrate
Franz Wilhelm Selwert
What does Sanders show about the relationships in these pictures? Compare them “posed” to “unposed”.Bohemians
Indian Man and German Woman
Several photographs feature people of the circus.What was their social status during this time?
How does Sanders portray them?
Young Girl in Circus Caravan
The Wise Shepherd
What elements contribute to the mood of this portrait of the bricklayer’s mate?
Does this portrait
support or dispel
stereotypes about the
Nazis?
Sanders set out to create a portrait of the German people. Did he succeed?
Whom would you photograph to create a portrait of Pennsylvania people?
The right eye of my daughter Singrid