Lundi 09 Mars 2015 17:17:11 par actuphoto dans Expositions

Soon after August Sander (1876-1964) set up his studio in Cologne-Lindenthal in 1910, he found himself drawn again and again to the nearby Westerwald region. Sander photographed many families there over four decades, producing remarkable group and individual portraits as well as characteristic views of the landscape.

The works on view in the exhibition convey an impression of this special part of the August Sander Archive, which encompasses some 2,500 negatives and first became part of Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur under the name "Peasant Archive". In the course of research on August Sander’s work, we were able to identify many of the people, families, and places on the negatives by comparing them to documents and numerous interviews conducted since the 1990s with contemporary witnesses, owners of Sander pictures, and family members.

© August Sander