August Sander


I went to see an exhibition of photographic work the other weekend, the first in a long time, at the Tate in Liverpool.

Out of all the photographic subjects I love portraits the most, and August Sander is a great portrait photographer.  The Tate currently has an exhibition of Sander’s “People of the 20th Century” works and they are quite magnificent.  Sander lets his photographs do all the talking with very little need for narrative.  Using large format cameras and glass negatives he stuck with this technology throughout his live and refused to take up the new technologies on the scene like the much more portable Leica cameras.  Consequently his work is sharp and full of depth but has obvious human flaws brought on by long exposures and movement.

Liverpool was looking good too!
Rural Brother and Sister 1925 - 30

Young Farmers 1914

Pastry Cook 1928

Master Shoemaker 1940 -42

Painter's Wife (Helene Abelen) 1926

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