C'mon, say "cheese".
Sunday, April 18, 2010
August Sander
In between hacking up a lung or two (see my previous post) I've been watching DVDs, knitting,and making nice with the internet. In my travels on the information superhighway (remember that?) I stumbled across some photographs by the German portrait and documentary photographer August Sander (b 1876 - d 1964). It has to be said that his subjects are a pretty dour lot, but there's something about that direct and fearless gaze into the lens that has always intrigued me.
C'mon, say "cheese".
C'mon, say "cheese".
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Hey there,
I think, but don't quote me, that the woman second from the top is Erika Mann, daughter of Thomas Mann, neice of Heinrich Mann, sister of Klaus. She was quite a famous actress in pre-WWII Germany together with Klaus and their friends. Klaus was an author like his father and uncle, wrote a great novel about pre-WWII Berlin with a lot of gay themes called "Child of These Times".
Thought that might be of interest to you :)
Matt
Thanks for the info Matt!
the two wearing NAZI-uniforms: the uniforms are imitations - not bad but not true either.
Stefan
And how do you know that, Stephan?
Stephen,
just curious, you do realize the image of the Nazi Soldier has a negative date of 1940? It's not a re enactment or cos-play. So when you say it's an imitation uniform do you mean it isn't full regulation of the period or do you really think it's a modern mockup? By chance could they be "not bad" because they are authentic for the time the photograph was taken? Please elaborate.
Great reading yoour blog post
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