AUGUST SANDER: PEOPLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY
February 22 - April 12, 2008
February 22 - April 12, 2008
Weinstein Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in the United States of an edition of large format photographs by German master photographer August Sander.
Sander’s acclaimed project People of the 20th Century, which he began in the early 1920s, was a series of portraits that aimed to exhaustively document German society. He photographed subjects from all ranks of society, pauper to politician, in an observational and detached style, realizing his professed aim “to see things as they are and not as they should or could be.”
After his death in 1964, the work begun by August Sander was taken up by his son, Gunther, and today is carried on by his grandson, Gerhard. This exhibition features 23 special large format images printed from the original negatives, following the vision and standards set by August Sander.
Sander’s extraordinary influence on contemporary photography can be seen the work of Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, and Mary Ellen Mark. His contribution to photography has been universally represented in private and public collections as well as major museum exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
All photographs in the exhibition are © Die Photographische Sammlung/SK-Stiftung Kultur – August Sander Archive, Cologne; ARS New York, 2008.
Sander’s acclaimed project People of the 20th Century, which he began in the early 1920s, was a series of portraits that aimed to exhaustively document German society. He photographed subjects from all ranks of society, pauper to politician, in an observational and detached style, realizing his professed aim “to see things as they are and not as they should or could be.”
After his death in 1964, the work begun by August Sander was taken up by his son, Gunther, and today is carried on by his grandson, Gerhard. This exhibition features 23 special large format images printed from the original negatives, following the vision and standards set by August Sander.
Sander’s extraordinary influence on contemporary photography can be seen the work of Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, and Mary Ellen Mark. His contribution to photography has been universally represented in private and public collections as well as major museum exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
All photographs in the exhibition are © Die Photographische Sammlung/SK-Stiftung Kultur – August Sander Archive, Cologne; ARS New York, 2008.