Bill Brandt (born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt; 2 May 1904 – 20 December 1983) was a British photographer and photojournalist. Born in Germany, Brandt moved to England, where he became known for his images of British society for such magazines as Lilliput and Picture Post; later he made distorted nudes, portraits of famous artists and landscapes. He is widely considered to be one of the most important British photographers of the 20th century.
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Resilience and inequality framed by the economic depression, political upheaval, and the photographer’s intimate exploration of societal challenges.
Female form through abstraction, distortion, and unconventional perspectives using wide-angle lens to explore the interplay between the human body and its environment.
Books
Bill Brandt
(Thames & Hudson, 2020)
Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light
(MOMA, 2013)
Brandt: The Photography of Bill Brandt
(Abrams, 1999)
London in the Thirties
(Pantheon Books, 1984)
Bill Brandt: Behind the Camera
(Aperture, 2005)
Bill Brandt
(Thames & Hudson, 2007)
Bill Brandt: A Life
(Stanford University Press, 2004)
Bill Brandt: Photographs 1928-1983
(Thames & Hudson, 1994)
Bill Brandt: Nudes 1945-1980
(New York Graphic Society, 1980)
Bill Brandt: Nudes 1945-1980
(New York Graphic Society, 1980)
Bill Brandt: Perspective of Nudes
(Marlborough Gallery, 1970)