“I hate nothing more than sugary photographs with tricks, poses and effects. So allow me to be honest ?and tell the truth about our age and its people.”
Source : August Sander (1996). “August Sander: "In photography there are no unexplained shadows!" : an exhibition organised by the August Sander Archive, Kulturstiftung Stadtsparkasse, Cologne, and shown at the National Portrait Gallery, London”, Natl Portrait Gallery Pubns