“I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport.”
Bill Brandt
on rules and photography
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on photographing nudes
“When I began to photograph nudes, I let myself be guided by this camera, and instead of photographing what I saw, I photographed what the camera was seeing. I interfered very little, and the lens produced anatomical images and shapes which my eyes had never observed.”
Bill Brandt
on methods of photography
“If there is any method in the way I take pictures, I believe it lies in this. See the subject first. Do not try to force it to be a picture of this, that or the other thing. Stand apart from it. Then something will happen. The subject will reveal itself.”
Bill Brandt
on photographic angles
“I am not very interested in extraordinary angles. They can be effective on certain occasions, but I do not feel the necessity for them in my own work. Indeed, I feel the simplest approach can often be most effective. A subject placed squarely in the centre of the frame, if attention is not distracted from it by fussy surroundings, has a simple dignity which makes it all the more impressive.”
Bill Brandt
Portrait of a Young Girl
Photo by Bill Brandt, Eaton Place, 1955
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Photo by Bill Brandt
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