Society Lady (Dame der Gesellschaft) [Miss Bausch, Cologne]

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Society Lady (Dame der Gesellschaft) [Miss Bausch, Cologne]

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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: 1930
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Culture: German
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Sander's studio provided the bare backdrop for this young socialite, Miss Bausch. With legs crossed and hands folded daintily, she personifies the outward flair and sophistication of Weimar elegance. Her genteel body language and feminine outfit exemplify standards of beauty and propriety that informed Sander's classification of women.

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