Emma - August Sander

August Sander (1876-1964) was a German portrait and documentary photographer. He learned about photography while he was working in a mine. He started to assist a photographer working for the mining company. He later continued assisting a photographer for the duration of his military service. His largest endeavor was a collection of portraits of his fellow countrymen and women, photographing rural photographers, people he encountered while riding his bike, and people from all walks of life. His first book was called "Face of Our Time" and was published in 1929. The Nazis banned portraits in the 1930s, but Sander continued to make them, although he did begin to turn more to architectural and nature studies. His book was seized in 1936 and the photographic plates destroyed. His move to a rural area in 1942 allowed him to save most of his negatives, but his studio was destroyed by a bombing in 1944.