August Sander

[CMoore]

This really is not about the photographer, it is much more about the photograph, and much more about the people in the photo and what became of them.
I found it fascinating on a few levels.
Regards The War To End All Wars .......

As an after-thought...i do not know if there is a sadder, or is it more sad, story about a photographer. He seemed very capable and somewhat prolific for his time and equipment available.
I am not sure there was ever a city, not in recent times anyway, that went through the (Horrible) metamorphosis that Berlin did. It went from The Mecca of art and entertainment to one of the most restricted of a "Modern Society"
I would imagine there were Thousands of people like Sander. Not just the Artists/Entertainers themselves, but all the people that participated as patrons and the owners of venues and all other sorts that catered to those times.

 

[AgX]

"I know it is silly to make broad conclusions about real human beings from a single frame of their lives."

 

[cliveh]

At least we know it wasn't Photoshop.

 

[Louis Nargi]

Thanks for the post interesting

 

[Willy T]

Thanks for this most rewarding post. Learning the details of these young men's lives fleshed out the actuality in this small piece of what has become a canon. I had once became acquainted with Sander's daughter, herself a talented potter. It is striking and enriching to suddenly be faced with the personal humanity of an 'iconic' photo.