Perry Ogden

Blog : Bill Brandt at MOMA

Just back from seeing the Bill Brandt show at MOMA. Beautiful prints. Many he treated with black washes to create dense shadows. Have always loved this portrait of Francis Bacon on Primrose Hill. Brandt said: "snapshots show only the likeness of a certain moment and are never good portraits. The photographer has to wait until something between dreaming and action occurs in the expression of a face".