中文简介：

作为现代艺术史上的一个里程碑，《20世纪的人》充分展现了德国摄影师奥古斯特·桑德（August Sander）一生的工作：通过德国文化各阶层来积累20世纪人类的档案，这是一项不朽的努力。桑德拍摄的对象来自各行各业，包括银行家、拳击手、士兵、马戏团演员、农民和家庭，创建了一个按职业、性别和社会地位排列的德国人民目录。他在20世纪20年代首次提出这一设想，在那个政治紧张、变化迅速的时代，他对这一项目进行了长达50多年的追求。桑德从未完成过这部七卷本、49个作品集的巨作，他不断地完善和塑造它，以传达他对所生活的世界的理解。这些照片因其坚定的现实主义和对人物的巧妙分析而引人注目，为战时的德国提供了一面强大的社会镜子，并形成了20世纪最具影响力的成就之一。如今，《20世纪的人》再次面世，汇集了长期绝版的七卷本的精美复制品和主要文本，以及配套研究的主要学术成果。这个版本包含619张照片，提供了桑德最全面的、仍然至关重要的构想。

英文简介：

A landmark in the history of modern art, People of the 20th Century presents the fullest expression of the German photographer August Sander's lifelong work: a monumental endeavor to amass an archive of twentieth-century humanity through a cross section of German culture.Sander photographed subjects from all walks of life, capturing bankers and boxers, soldiers and circus performers, farmers and families, to create a catalog of the German people, arranged by their profession, gender, and social status. First imagined in the 1920s, he pursued the project for more than fifty years during a politically charged and rapidly changing time, fraught by two world wars and the devastating repercussions of Nazism. Sander never finished the seven-volume, forty-nine portfolio magnum opus, continually refining and shaping it to convey an understanding of the world in which he lived. The photographs, remarkable for their unflinching realism and deft analysis of character, provide a powerful social mirror of Germany between the wars and form one of the most influential achievements of the twentieth century.Now made available again, People of the 20th Century brings together the exquisite reproductions and principle texts of the long out-of-print, seven-volume edition, as well as the main scholarship from the accompanying study edition. This all-in-one edition, with 619 photographs, offers the most comprehensive iteration of Sander's still-essential vision.