Author

Contributions

  • SK Stiftung Kultur. Photographische Sammlung - Contributor

Publication

2013 - Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, Germany

Language

English

Word Count

201,750 words, Guess

Page Count

807 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC770.92
  • LCCTR680 .S22613 2013

Alternate Titles

  • People of the twentieth century

Description

"With People of the 20th Century, August Sander created a monumental work that is unique in the history of photography and a classic of photographic literature. Sander conceived this large-scale project, which he ultimately never completed, in the 1920s. He was to spend the rest of his life working on it, his objective nothing less than a complete typological portrait of contemporary society. Hundreds of portraits classified according to professional, social or family criteria were to provide a representative picture of the various social groups. He envisaged seven groups labeled: "The Farmer", "The Skilled Tradesman", "The Woman", "Classes and Professions", "The Artists", "The City" and--on the theme of age, illness and death--"The Last People". We have now condensed out 2002 seven-volume edition of the artist's complete oeuvre into one large volume presenting "the essential" People of the 20th Century."--Publisher description.

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