Classics Revisited Nude, London, 1952

摘要

One of the most influential and acknowledged masters of 20th-century photography, Bill Brandt produced a wide-ranging document of his adopted home of Great Britain. While most photographers' reputations are built on a specific genre, Brandt's body of work can be more characterised by the images' often brooding atmosphere, as well as his desire to experiment. His work demonstrated mastery of social documentary, portraiture, landscape and nudes. It's this final subject matter that he most wanted to be remembered for. In 1944, he found his creative breakthrough using a mahogany and brass 1931 Kodak camera with a wideangle lens. Normally used by the police to record crime scenes, its ability to close-focus allowed Brandt to capture distorted body shapes.