To mark the 150th birthday of August Sander (1876–1964), the Photographische Sammlung/Stiftung Kultur der Sparkasse KölnBonn presents a comprehensive retrospective drawn from its own August Sander Archive, the largest holding of the photographer's work in the world. Alongside the central work "Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts", the exhibition shows early photographs from Linz, commissioned works from the Westerwald, and, for the first time on this scale, the picture group "Lichtbildwerkstatt August Sander, Köln-Lindenthal". Further focal points are Sander's exchange with the Kölner Gruppe progressiver Künstler, his work on landscapes and botany, and his 1927 trip to Sardinia, which produced more than 300 negatives. The exhibition is supported by the Kunststiftung NRW.
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In his book Montagen des Realen. Die Fotografie als Reflexionsmedium und Kulturtechnik, literary scholar and photo historian Bernd Stiegler describes photography as a "Performative des Realen".