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Bill Brandt, born on May 3, 1904 in Hamburg, Germany, and died on December 20, 1983 in London, England, was a renowned German-born British photographer. Known for his unique photographic style and profound understanding of the art of photography, his work spans a variety of genres including portraiture, landscape, and documentary.

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“Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others.”

Should Judgment Photographer Fads

Book:Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography

Source: Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography

“Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others. Photography is still a very new medium and everything is allowed and everything should be tried and dared... Photography has no rules. It is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it was achieved.”

Should Stills Matter Sports Results Judgment Photography Photographer Mediums Fads

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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 these operations.”

Should Effects Depends Essentials Photography Finals Photographer Finished Operations Print Printing Be Considerate

Book:Camera in London

Source: Camera in London

“Andre Breton once said that a portrait should not only be an image but an oracle one questions, and that the photographer's aim should be a profound likeness, which physically and morally predicts the subject's entire future.”

Should Said Subjects Aim Profound Photographer Portraits Oracles

Author:Bill Brandt

“And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced by hard or soft, light or dark treatment.”

Knows Want Should Hard Light Dark Subjects Effects Photography Instinct Photographer Treatment Grounded

Book:Camera in London

Source: Camera in London

About the Author

Born: May 3, 1904
Died: December 20, 1983
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 27

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