Photography
Ramón Esparza is professor of audiovisual communication and theory at the Universidad del País Vasco and an independent curator. Maud de la Forterie is a specialist on the work of Bill Brandt. She completed her doctoral studies at the Sorbonne. Nigel Warburton is a philosopher and writer. 200 illustrations 28.0 x 24.0cm 312pp ISBN 978 0 500 545386 October £50.00
Bill Brandt Ramón Esparza With essays by Maud de la Forterie and Nigel Warburton
Featuring images spanning his entire career, this comprehensive monograph explores the hidden themes behind the work of photographer Bill Brandt
With a career spanning nearly half a century, Bill Brandt was a master of several major genres of photography: photojournalism, portraiture, the nude and landscapes. At first glance, Brandt’s genres may appear unrelated, but when analysing his career in its entirety, a common theme comes to the forefront: what psychologist Sigmund Freud and philosopher Eugenio Trías called 'the sinister.' From his earliest photographs taken as an amateur in the 1930s to his late portraits and studies of the female body, Brandt expresses a fascination with the strange and dark aspects of life that only he can reveal. With 200 photographs from throughout Brandt’s career, this book adds a crucial chapter to the analysis of this key figure in 20th-century photography. Bill Brandt is set to become an authoritative retrospective. Accompanies the show at the Fundación MAPFRE's exhibition venues in Barcelona (from June to August 2020) and Madrid (from September 2020 to January 2021). The project will also tour to Munich and Amsterdam in 2021.
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