August Sander
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August Sander was a German photographer renowned for his systematic, documentary-style portraits that aimed to create a typological survey of German society in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| August Sander canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6683232 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: August Sander Context triple: [New Objectivity, notablePhotographer, August Sander]
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A.
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Bernd and Hilla Becher were a German artist duo renowned for their systematic, typological photographic documentation of industrial architecture such as water towers, blast furnaces, and mineheads.
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B.
Carl Behrens
Carl Behrens is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Behrens.
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C.
Wilhelm Brückner
Wilhelm Brückner was a prominent early Nazi official who served as Adolf Hitler’s chief adjutant and held leading roles in the party’s paramilitary formations.
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D.
Jim van der Zee
Jim van der Zee is a Dutch singer known for winning the talent show The Voice of Holland.
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E.
Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas was an influential Austrian-American photographer celebrated as a pioneer of color photojournalism and a longtime member of the Magnum Photos agency.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: August Sander Target entity description: August Sander was a German photographer renowned for his systematic, documentary-style portraits that aimed to create a typological survey of German society in the early 20th century.
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A.
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Bernd and Hilla Becher were a German artist duo renowned for their systematic, typological photographic documentation of industrial architecture such as water towers, blast furnaces, and mineheads.
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B.
Carl Behrens
Carl Behrens is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Behrens.
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C.
Wilhelm Brückner
Wilhelm Brückner was a prominent early Nazi official who served as Adolf Hitler’s chief adjutant and held leading roles in the party’s paramilitary formations.
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D.
Jim van der Zee
Jim van der Zee is a Dutch singer known for winning the talent show The Voice of Holland.
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E.
Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas was an influential Austrian-American photographer celebrated as a pioneer of color photojournalism and a longtime member of the Magnum Photos agency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photographer
ⓘ
human ⓘ photographer ⓘ portrait photographer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1876-11-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1964-04-20 ⓘ |
| employer | Self-employed ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Sander ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
portraiture
ⓘ
social documentary photography ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
ⓘ
portrait photography ⓘ |
| givenName | August ⓘ |
| hasPart |
portfolio Classes and Professions
ⓘ
portfolio Farmers ⓘ portfolio Skilled Tradesmen ⓘ portfolio The City ⓘ portfolio The Last People ⓘ portfolio The Woman ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicSeries | People of the 20th Century ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bernd Becher
ⓘ
linked to:
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Candida Höfer ⓘ Hilla Becher ⓘ
linked to:
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Rineke Dijkstra ⓘ Thomas Ruff ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
New Objectivity
ⓘ
pictorialism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
documentary-style portraiture
ⓘ
survey of German society in the early 20th century ⓘ systematic typological portraits ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement | New Objectivity ⓘ |
| name | August Sander ⓘ |
| notableFor | creating a typological archive of German people by profession and class ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Antlitz der Zeit
ⓘ
People of the 20th Century ⓘ |
| occupation | photographer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
German Empire
ⓘ
Herdorf ⓘ Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
|
| placeOfDeath |
Cologne
ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ |
| residence | Cologne ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
retrospective exhibitions at J. Paul Getty Museum
ⓘ
retrospective exhibitions at Museum of Modern Art ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cologne ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: August Sander Description of subject: August Sander was a German photographer renowned for his systematic, documentary-style portraits that aimed to create a typological survey of German society in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
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