
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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A bourgeois family celebration of Christmas in 1910 (Weihnachtsfeier einer bürgerlichen Familie im Jahre 1910).
Getty Museum · 1910
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Adelgrund (Adelgrund)
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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"An der Burgmauer", Cologne ("An der Burgmauer", Köln)
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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'An der Burgmauer', Cologne ('An der Burgmauer', Köln).
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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Apse, ruins of Heisterbach monastery, Siebengebirge (Apsis, Ruine Kloster Heisterbach, Westerwald)
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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![[Architect H.W. Reitz, Cologne (Architekt H.W. Reitz, Köln)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fd2995d9f-91da-4c51-abdd-94615430413b%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Architect H.W. Reitz, Cologne (Architekt H.W. Reitz, Köln)]
Getty Museum · 1929
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![Architect's Wife (Frau eines Architeckten) [Ada Riphahn, Cologne]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F93627302-0143-440c-9647-b3b65622dc61%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Architect's Wife (Frau eines Architeckten) [Ada Riphahn, Cologne]
Getty Museum · 1931
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![Architect's Wife (Frau eines Architeckten) [Dora Lüttgen, Cologne]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F19d57de5-1532-4338-b3c2-9eabfb6cd41b%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Architect's Wife (Frau eines Architeckten) [Dora Lüttgen, Cologne]
Getty Museum · 1926
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Area around Aegidienberg with the Ölberg (Gelände um Aegidienberg mit Ölberg).
Getty Museum · about 1930–1940
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![[Art Historian (Der Kunstgelehrte)] [Wilhelm Schäfer]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fb18907ad-880b-441c-8b0d-78b68fb6adf9%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Art Historian (Der Kunstgelehrte)] [Wilhelm Schäfer]
Getty Museum · 1928
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Artists' Carnival in Cologne (84.XM.152.101)
Getty Museum · about 1931
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Ash Wednesday (Aschermittwoch)
Getty Museum · about 1930
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Bank Official
Getty Museum · 1932
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![[Bank Official (Bankbeamter)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fcde315f8-d70c-4d59-bef5-73b304f7d37e%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Bank Official (Bankbeamter)]
Getty Museum · 1932
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![[Baptismal chapel of St. Gereon (Taufkapelle von St. Gereon)].](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F8ec07eb4-8de1-43f4-99c0-0281b3cecb8b%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Baptismal chapel of St. Gereon (Taufkapelle von St. Gereon)].
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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Bark of a ginkgo tree (Rinde des Ginkgo-Baumes).
Getty Museum · about 1930–1940
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Basalt columns on the Ölberg in the Siebengeberge (Säulenbasalt am Ölberg im Siebengebirge).
Getty Museum · about 1930–1940
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![Bassoonist (Fagottist) [Bernhard Hühnerfürst, Member of the Cologne Wind Ensemble]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F83122bfc-1f19-4eff-a13e-5014b50bdbd4%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Bassoonist (Fagottist) [Bernhard Hühnerfürst, Member of the Cologne Wind Ensemble]
Getty Museum · 1927
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Birke
Getty Museum · about 1930–1940
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![Birthday Party [Sigrid Sander, below center]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Ffb24a4f9-f929-4d2d-a8d4-e1e1b940b732%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Birthday Party [Sigrid Sander, below center]
Getty Museum · 1926
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![[Blacksmiths (Schmiede)].](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F80296153-f75a-472d-aa8e-86692c7428e6%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Blacksmiths (Schmiede)].
Getty Museum · 1926
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![[Blies valley near Blieskastel (Bliestal bei Blieskastel)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F6efcd837-3274-4d12-9e79-be49129f7b1e%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Blies valley near Blieskastel (Bliestal bei Blieskastel)]
Getty Museum · about 1930–1940
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Blind children (Blindenkinder) (84.XM.126.107)
Getty Museum · about 1930
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![[Blind man, congenitally afflicted (Blinder, erblich belastet)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F4c6f59d6-122f-4c3d-bbf7-d9a59d39f6bd%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Blind man, congenitally afflicted (Blinder, erblich belastet)]
Getty Museum · 1930
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[Blind Men, Congenitally Afflicted] (84.XM.126.110)
Getty Museum · about 1930
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![Bohemian [the Painter Gottfried Brockmann, Cologne]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Ff301306e-d517-4bf6-b30f-761c7b45108c%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Bohemian [the Painter Gottfried Brockmann, Cologne]
Getty Museum · 1922
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Bruchhäuser stones in Brilon (Bruchhäusersteine in Brilon)
Getty Museum · about 1930–1940
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Cabinet official with his family (Geheimrat mit seiner Familie)
Getty Museum · 1940
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Carden on the Mosel (Carden an der Mosel).
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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![[Carnival duo (Karnevalsduo)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F88e1cbaf-437b-48c3-9d24-9a7b2e63e234%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Carnival duo (Karnevalsduo)]
Getty Museum · 1928
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![[Carnival workers, Düren (Kirmesarbeiter, Düren)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F78148fc0-6b02-4521-810a-4b47e380ce9a%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Carnival workers, Düren (Kirmesarbeiter, Düren)]
Getty Museum · 1932
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![[Catholic nun (Katholische Schwester)].](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F21b68697-fdcd-4f94-a58c-fa87aba95a2b%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Catholic nun (Katholische Schwester)].
Getty Museum · 1921
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Cattle market in the Eifel region (Viehmarkt in der Eifel).
Getty Museum · about 1920–1930
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Chapel in Hermespand, Eifel (Kapelle in Hermespand, Eifel).
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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Christmas scene at the "Eigelsteinertor", Cologne (Weihnachtsstimmung am Eigelsteinertor, Köln).
Getty Museum · 1927
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Church and town square, Leuscheid on the Sieg, Westerwald (Kirche und Dorfplatz, Leuscheid an der Sieg, Westerwald).
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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Church square, Neviges (Kirchplatz, Nerviges)
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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![[Circus Artist, Düren (Zirkusartistin)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F4e0afa15-2180-4f0f-a20c-ae09fe3e35f1%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Circus Artist, Düren (Zirkusartistin)]
Getty Museum · about 1930–1932
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Circus Usherettes with Programs (84.XM.498.14)
Getty Museum · about 1930–1932
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City forest (Stadtwald)
Getty Museum · about 1930–1940
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![[Cleaning woman (Putzfrau)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fb47b988a-b4aa-4126-a93c-28e3c946d19a%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Cleaning woman (Putzfrau)]
Getty Museum · 1927
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![[Coal Carrier, Berlin (Berliner Kohlenträger)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fff022c71-e366-4bcc-9cf0-4e1f7ea77b46%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Coal Carrier, Berlin (Berliner Kohlenträger)]
Getty Museum · 1929
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Cochem at the Mosel (Cochem an der Mosel).
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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Cologne, Rheinfront (Köln Rheinfront).
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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Comburg near Hall, Württemberg (Comburg bei Hall/Württenberg).
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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Country Band, Siegerland
Getty Museum · 1913
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Country Boys, Westerwald
Getty Museum · about 1925
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Country Girls
Getty Museum · 1925
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Country Girl, Westerwald
Getty Museum · about 1920–1930
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![[Courtyard musicians, Cologne]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fdf41447d-009b-4171-af7a-d71951e20b19%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Courtyard musicians, Cologne]
Getty Museum · 1928
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![[Cycling club in the country, Westerwald (Radfahrerverein, Westerwald)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F5b300fee-4802-408c-a798-744d5adc29ca%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Cycling club in the country, Westerwald (Radfahrerverein, Westerwald)]
Getty Museum · 1926
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Cycling Club, Westerwald
Getty Museum · 1926
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Dental Student
Getty Museum · 1914
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![[Deputy of a splinter party (Abgeordneter einer Splitterpartei)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F97ea975e-25f1-4fa6-81ac-8dbe0a24f0de%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Deputy of a splinter party (Abgeordneter einer Splitterpartei)]
Getty Museum · 1931
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Detailed aerial view of the Cologne Cathedrale (Teilstadtbild vom Kölner Dom)
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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Detail of the main portal (Detail des Hauptportales).
Getty Museum · about 1933–1939
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![[Dockworkers (Schauerleute)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F6a59c750-f5ad-4af5-a8a3-3ace7999bfcf%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Dockworkers (Schauerleute)]
Getty Museum · 1929
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![[Ear of a 50 year old man (Ohr eines 50-Jährigen)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fa4a9feea-56e7-44e5-9583-b2f1bf3e0f67%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Ear of a 50 year old man (Ohr eines 50-Jährigen)]
Getty Museum · negative about 1926; print about 1953
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![[Ear of a young woman (Ohr einer jungen Frau)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F59a74d16-f310-465f-be84-93a470dd4b96%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Ear of a young woman (Ohr einer jungen Frau)]
Getty Museum · negative about 1930–1940; print about 1953
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Elevated train, Elberfeld (Schwebebahn, Elberfeld)
Getty Museum · about 1920–1930
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