August Sander (1876 - 1964)
1876-11-17Herdorf, Germany1964-04-20Cologne, GermanyGermany
August Sander
August Sander was a German portrait and documentary photographer. Sander's first book Face of our Time (German: Antlitz der Zeit) was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century".
Date and place of birt: | 17 november 1876, Herdorf, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 20 april 1964, Cologne, Germany |
Nationality: | Germany |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Photographer, Portraitist |
Genre: | Architecture photography, Documentary photography, Landscape painting, Portrait |