Omer Fast at James Cohan Gallery

August Sander’s iconic ‘People of the 20th Century,’ a photographic project documenting the German people in the early 20th century is the starting point for Omer Fast’s ‘August,’ a captivating video imagining Sander’s haunted later years. Here, Fast restages Sander’s oft-reproduced image of young farmers as an opportunity to consider the photographer’s stagecraft. (On view at James Cohan Gallery through Oct 29th).

Omer Fast, still from August, stereoscopic film in 3D, 5.1 surround sound, duration 15:30 minutes, 2016.