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His major books from the post-war period are Literary Britain (1951), and Perspective of Nudes (1961), followed by a compilation of his best work, Shadow of Light (1966). Brandt became Britain's most influential and internationally admired photographer of the 20th century.
Bill Brandt (1904?83) was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. He is credited with revising and renewing the major artistic genres of portraiture, landscape and the nude.
Bill Brandt (born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt; 2 May 1904 – 20 December 1983): 14 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.
Bill Brandt was an British photographer and photojournalist known for his high-contrast images of British society and his emboldened nudes.
- British
- May 2, 1904
- Hamburg, German Empire
- December 20, 1983
Bill Brandt (born May 1904, Hamburg, Germany—died December 20, 1983, London, England) was a photographer known principally for his documentation of 20th-century British life and for his unusual nudes.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bill Brandt was born in Hamburg on 2 May 1904 to an English father and a German mother. Due to the rise of Nazism and his experience of being bullied as a schoolboy after the First World War, he later disowned his German background, claiming to have been born in south London.
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Bill Brandt (1904?83) was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. He is credited with revising and renewing the major artistic genres of portraiture, landscape and the nude.
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