Stage 3 Research: August Sander.

'Pastrycook' (August Sander), 1922.

'Blacksmith' (August Sander), 1930.

'Painters Wife [Helene Abelen]' (August Sander), 1926.

'The Notary' (August Sander), 1924.

"In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated." -August Sander.

Coming from a photography-based background, the work of August Sander has been highly beneficial to both my studio practice and primary research. Sander's photography, particularly his "People of the 21st Century" project, captured something that I find engrossing: History and culture. And how/where/why we adapt with these factors present. Depicting people from various professions, statuses and ethnicities, the scope of this project was ambitious and groundbreaking, creating a narrative through peoples characteristics and expressions.

What I interpret as being most important and influential from Sander's work is his ability to highlight what most wouldn't appreciate or consider mundane; a fact of life. Everyone is connected, we all play a role in society, which is fundamentally a network. What role that is or how we choose to play it is up to us, change is constant, even if we don't necessarily see it ourselves.