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8 quotes by Bill Brandt

Bill Brandt Born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt (1904-05-02)2 May 1904 Hamburg, German Empire Died 20 December 1983(1983-12-20) (aged 79) London, England Nationality German-British Known for Photography Website billbrandt.com Bill Brandt (born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt, 2 May 1904 – 20 December 1983 :14), was a British photographer and photojournalist. Although born in Germany, Brandt moved to England, where he became known for his images of...
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It is part of the photographer's job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of the receptiveness of... →

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A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere.

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Most photographers would feel a certain embarrassment in admitting publicly that they carried within them a sense of wonder, yet without it they... →

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Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare.

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I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much on... →

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And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced by hard... →

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It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in... →

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Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an... →

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