Bill Brandt (1904-83) is the finest British photographer of modern times. He photographed with imagination, compassion and humour. His photographs show us the vivid interactions of social life and the realities of labour and class. He revised and renewed the major artistic genres of portraiture, landscape and the nude. His achievement is central to the development of photography as an artistic medium in Britain.
Bill Brandt biography
The V&A biography of photographer Bill Brandt, one of the finest British photographers of the modern era.…
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Bill Brandt and the V&A
The Victoria and Albert Museum has acquired many of Bill Brandt’s photographs, following a close and cordial relati…
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Bill Brandt related photographers
Photographers and painters related to the photographer Bill Brandt.
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Christian community views on silver objects in the collection
Advisory groups were held with different faith community groups with the aim of consulting to see the relevance of the V&A collections and to get their views and reactions about the items.
Island Stories: Fifty Years of Photography in Britain
16 March – 19 September 2012. Drawn exclusively from the V&A collections, this display is a selection of around 70 photographs celebrating the variety of photography in the UK since 1945.
Emmanuel Cooper on William Newland
Emmanuel Cooper on William Newland
Oliver Watson on William Newland
Oliver Watson on William Newland
20th-century circus
History of circus in Britain in the 20th century, early 20th-century spectacle and international circus, the impact of television on circus and the rise of alternative circus.
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Photography: An Independent Art, Photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum 1839-1996
A hundred photographs illustrate the evolution and significance of photography from its early beginnings to the present, including fine examples of work by Julia Margaret Cameron, Man Ray, Bill Brandt, David Bailey, Nan Goldin and
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