Sander's systematic black and white documentary portraits of ordinary people in their social environments share Dijkstra's direct, unflinching approach to capturing human subjects with an honest and unsentimental clarity.

Arbus created candid black and white portraits of individuals in urban public spaces, bringing the same intensity of gaze and documentary seriousness to her subjects that Dijkstra applies in this Berlin street portrait.

Struth's documentary photography of urban spaces and human figures in contemporary public life, often rooted in specific European cities including Berlin, closely mirrors Dijkstra's interest in recording modern social environments with precision and quietude.