People of the 20th century
Subtitle: a cultural work of photographs divided into seven groups
By: August Sander ; edited by die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur
Contributors: SK Stiftung Kultur. Photographische Sammlung
Edition: Rev. new ed.
Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel; Cologne Sk Stiftung Kultur
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Munich
Language: eng; ger; fre
Number of pages: 807
ISBN-13: 9783829606448
Subjects: Portrait photography
Other 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English; captions in German, English and French.