Made in Britain
Made in Britain
Important Photographs from the Peter Fetterman Collection
Bill Brandt
Catch Point, Halifax, 1936
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September 14, 12:39 PM GMT
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6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Important Photographs from the Peter Fetterman Collection
Bill Brandt
1904 - 1983
Catch Point, Halifax, 1936
Early silver print. With the photographer's stamp on the verso. Matted. (unframed)
image: 23 by 19cm.; 9 by 7 1/2in.
sheet: 24 by 20.5cm.; 9½ by 8in.
“If there is any method in the way I take pictures, I believe it lies in this. See the subject. Do not force it to be a picture of this, that or any other thing. Stand apart from it. Then something will happen. The subject will reveal itself." - Bill Brandt
“I have been looking at and studying and being inspired by Bill Brandt’s work now for over 40 years. I see something new and fresh each time I encounter it. He was a quiet, humble, reclusive figure. He spoke for the most part in a gentle whisper. One would have to strain oneself to pick up all the words he said but what words they were.
He certainly understood the English and their various idiosyncrasies. They were one of his major themes and the subject of his first book “The English At Home”. – Peter Fetterman