The portraits of August Sander to Rineke Dijkstra span nearly 100 years. Their exacting, classical approach bear an authenticity and honesty of immense stature in that they allow space for their subjects to be themselves.

August Sander, Farmer, Westerwald, 1930

Mike Disfarmer, Ed & Mamie Barger, Heber Springs, USA, c1945

Richard Avedon, Billy Mudd, Trucker, Alto, Texas, USA, 1981

Rineke Dijkstra, Kolobrzeg, Poland, 1992