Police Officer

August Sander · 1925

Here we have Police Officer — a photograph by Sander, nineteen twenty-five. Gelatin silver print — about 26 by 19 centimeters. In the picture, look for the soldier.

Medium Gelatin silver print · Dimensions 10 3/16 × 7 3/8" (25.8 × 18.7 cm) · Credit Acquired through the generosity of the family of August Sander

Hanging beside it in Gallery 514: For ever / and ever / Amen (Von Ewigkeit / zu Ewigkeit / Amen) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser), Painter [Anton Räderscheidt]

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: New York, New York, Beginning to Loom Larger and Larger on the Horizon, Workman. Costume design for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower), Pipe fitters finishing the engine room of a tuna-fishing boat. Campbell Shipyard. San Diego harbor from the series Fish Story, Los Angeles, California

More by August Sander here: Bohemians [Willi Bongard and Gottfried Brockmann], Proletarian Intellectuals [Else Schuler, Tristan Rémy, Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, Gerd Arntz], Painter [Anton Räderscheidt], Girl in Fairground Caravan, Match-seller, Member of Parliament (Democrat)