A photographic typology is a study of types, a photographic series that prioritizes collecting rather than stand-alone images. It’s a powerful method of photography that can be used to reshape the way we perceive the world around us.

One of the first photographic typological studies was by the German photographer August Sander. Sadly, 40,000 negatives taken for his project ‘the people of the 20th century’ in the 1920s, were destroyed during WWII in a fire. Sanders categorized his portraits according to their profession and social class.