The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

3 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku
102-8322 Tokyo

plan route show map
momat.go.jp Information Service: 03-3272-8600

artist / participant

August Sander 

press release

August Sander (1876-1964) was a photographer best known for his numerous portraits of German people in the Weimar period. His major project, aiming at presenting Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts (People of the 20th Century) through portraits of people of all classes and occupations, had a decisive impact on subsequent photography. This show presents 60 pieces included in his book Antlitz der Zeit (Face of Our Time, 1929).

Pressetext

August Sander: Face of Our Time