August Sander - Photofile research Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin

Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg provide a detailed account of this early commission

The fifth in our series of public transport design guides

and the only book the art historian both authored and designed

showing us what the future brings

including overpopulation and social decline

August Sander - Photofile research Meinhard von Gerkan and VolkwinAugust Sander (18761964) was a documentary photographer whose greatest project lasted his entire working life. His series of portrait studies of the German people spanned three eras the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany and every social class, combining to form a fascinating social mirror of the country over a tumultuous period in its history. Working with calm determination, Sander cast the same lucid eye on bankers and boxers,