[Deputy of a splinter party (Abgeordneter einer Splitterpartei)]

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[Deputy of a splinter party (Abgeordneter einer Splitterpartei)]

Creator

August Sander

German Photographer · 1876–1964

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During military service, August Sander was an assistant in a photographic studio in Trier; he then spent the following two years working in various studios elsewhere. By 1904 he had opened his own studio in Linz, Austria, where he met with success. He moved to a suburb of Cologne in 1909 and soon began to photograph the rural farmers nearby. Around three years later Sander abandoned his urban stud

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Date
1931
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
German
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Photographed during the most unstable period of the Weimar Republic, this man is a deputy of one of the numerous political factions that emerged as support for Hitler increased. Although Sander knew the names and party affiliations of the various politicians, he conveyed a sense of neutrality with his titles.

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