August Sander（1876-1964）是一位纪录片摄影师，他对德国人民的一系列肖像研究跨越了三个时代 - 德意志帝国，魏玛共和国和纳粹德国 - 以及每一个社会阶层，在历史的动荡时期形成了一个迷人的社会镜像。 凭借沉着冷静，桑德镜头下的银行家，拳击手，士兵和马戏表演者，是令人印象深刻的诚实形象，也实现了他的**的抱负：讲述人性的真相。

August Sander (1876–1964) 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, soldiers and circus performers, creating strikingly honest images that fulfil his sole ambition: to tell the truth about humanity.