The Art: Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light at Moma

Northumbrian coalminer at his evening meal (1937). Tuesday, I attended the Moma Press conference on two new exhibitions opening: Bill Brandt (Shadow and light) and Henri Labrouste (Structure brought to light). The first is a photographer i have never heard of and the second, an architect i have never heard of. I approached the department of photography curator, sarah Meister and mentionned that Brandt's work reminded me of street photographer's like Henri Cartier-Bresson but that the name was not familiar to me. "He is known in photography circles," she answered. And she continued that his work is on the level as such documentarians like Walker Evans and Cartier-Bresson. The above photo is one of my favorite in the exhibition ( i have yet to finish viewing it). The image of a soot covered coalminer is very amusing. "The exhibition brings together more than 150 works divided into six sections, each corresponding with a distinct aspect of Brandt's achievement: London in the Thirties; Northern England; World War 2; Portraits; Landscapes; and Nudes.