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9 March 2011

August Sander now on show at the Dean Gallery, Edinburgh.

The work of one of the most influential photographers is now on show at the Dean Gallery, Edinburgh until 10 July. The show represents a major overview of August Sander’s (1876-1964) achievements as an artist, photographer, and recorder of history and brings together an extraordinary group of works including his most important images and masterpieces.

The exhibition features over 170 prints produced from the original negatives by the artist’s grandson, Gerd Sander, a highly skilled photographic technician and a fine photographer in his own right. The works in this ARTIST ROOMS exhibition have been generously placed on long-term loan to the collection by Anthony d’Offay. In addition the exhibition includes two portfolios of vintage photographs – the Archetypes and the Siebengebirge as well as vintage photos of the artist and his family, placed on loan from other holdings.

August Sander is best known for his lifelong effort to document the German people. He undertook this extraordinary cataloguing project by photographing individuals and classifying the resulting portraits into groups defined by the sitters’ occupations, trades or places in society.

This comprehensive exhibition offers both admirers and newcomers to August Sander’s work an unrivalled opportunity to discover more about one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century.

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