August Sander : 'in photography there are no unexplained shadows!'

The master of camera portraiture, August Sander began photographing people as a boy around the iron-ore mines of his German hometown. Through the course of his life he built up a diverse catalogue of portraits, capturing people of all ages, from every social setting and calling. Broad in its subject matter, Sander's work shows a universal quality: the innate ability of the photographer to present more than an image, to show the characters of his sitters.
This fascinating book offers a pictorial overview of Sander's rich body of work in over 190 images, including a selection of Sander's haunting yet little known landscapes. It gives a unique insight into an era and its people, and as such is a valuable historical and artistic source.