A discussion of Bill Brandt's life and work prefaces his own selection of photographs of English industrial towns in the thirties, wartime London, artists, men of letters, actresses, nudes, and romantic landscapes
Bill Brandt, born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt was an English 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 English photographers of the 20th century.