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Bill Brandt
I can't find a link to this here already so I hope I'm OK posting it here.
Whilst musing in the dark this morning waiting for stuff to develop I remembered this from way back in my memory. Whilst some prints were washing I did a google and found it. It's a BBC broadcasted interview with Bill Brandt from 1983.Though I haven't seen it since then I could still hear his voice in my head. [Edit: dead link removed *** Updated link: https://www.billbrandt.com/bill-bran...r-photographer ] Last edited by Bob; 18th April 2022 at 03:13 PM. |
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I remember practically all of the programme but was very pleased to view it again. Thanks for the link.
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Paul, it's a captivating and beautiful interview, what a personality. I liked the passage when he is laughing at Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment". Must look more into his work.
Thanks for sharing it with us Peter |
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I never imagined Brandt to be such a quietly spoken man though. I know a lot of pictures were of the moment, but I can't imagine him knocking on miner's front doors for instance, to ask permission to go in and take photographs. Terry S |
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We desire more instant impact nowadays and assume that this was always the case. As a species we tend to live in the short-term moment but wrongly assume that our way now has always existed Mike |
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in the early 1980s I assisted with a portrait session of Bill Brandt. The BBC film captures his demeanour exceptionally well. He spent the whole portrait session leaning forward with his arms crossed over his crossed legs, talking very quietly with his strange accent (mixture of German and ‘Posh’ English) but with regular loud bursts of laughter. He also mentioned how relatively easy it was to get people to let him photograph them. He explained that in the 1930s not many people were really doing documentary work amongst working people. At a time when having a professional portrait was way out of most people's league, being asked to sit for a photographer for free was very much interpreted as a compliment. In these day of everyone thrusting their mobiles into every conceivable situation, it is hard to imagine how it was back in the day. Bests, David.
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Thanks for the link. I love his work and have several of his books. I will enjoy watching this when I have a moment.
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Thanks for the link! Wonderful interview.
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A new exhibition of his work is currently showing at Foam, Amsterdam until 18/05/2022.
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...er-in-pictures |
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And his work in Newcastle upon Tyne is featured in part 7 (Wars and Peace) of the BBC2 series "Art That Made Us".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...wars-and-peace |
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