Format this e-mail for: Web browser | mobile device BILL BRANDT: SHADOW AND LIGHT AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS A MAJOR REEVALUATION OF THE ARTIST'S CAREER Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light March 6–August 12, 2013 The Robert and Joyce Menschel Photography Gallery and The Edward Steichen Photography Galleries, third floor Press Viewing: Tuesday, March 5, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., with Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light NEW YORK, January 24, 2013–The Museum of Modern Art presents Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light, a major critical reevaluation of the heralded career of Bill Brandt (British, b. Germany, 1904-83) from March 6 to August 12, 2013. A founding figure in photography's modernist traditions, Brandt ranks among the visionaries who, in the diversity of their approach, established the creative potential of photography based on observation of the world around them. Brandt's distinctive vision—his ability to present the mundane world as fresh and strange—emerged in London in the 1930s, and drew from his time in the Paris studio of Man Ray. His visual explorations of the society, landscape, and literature of England are indispensable to any understanding of photographic history and, arguably, to our understanding of life in Britain during the middle of the 20th century. Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light is organized by Sarah Meister, Curator, with Drew Sawyer, Beaumont and Nancy Newhall Curatorial Fellow, Department of Photography. The impressive breadth of Brandt's career, which suggests his restless experimental impulse, and the dramatic transformations of his printing style have often confounded those seeking to understand the link between the highly celebrated and seemingly unrelated chapters of his oeuvre. 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 II; Portraits; Landscapes; and Nudes. Beginning with a highly selective display of albums and prints made around the European continent as Brandt was forming his artistic identity, the exhibition presents an opportunity to understand Brandt in a new light: one that establishes a chronological trajectory of his career, with an expanded consideration of his activity during World War II. In addition, a closer look at his printing methods with the finest known prints from across the range of Brandt's career will clarify how the artist, whose early work is characterized by the muted, wistful portrait of a young housewife scrubbing the threshold to her home (East End Morning, 1937), would come to create a bold and unpredictable series of nudes on the rocky English coast (East Sussex Coast, 1957). for full press release. Downloadable high-resolution images CONTACT: Paul Jackson 212-708-9593 Email Department of Communications 212-708-9431 pressoffice@moma.org Image 1: Bill Brandt (British, born Germany. 1904–1983). Evening in Kenwood. c. 1934. Gelatin silver print. 9 x 7 3/4" (22.9 x 19.7 cm). Acquired through the generosity of David Dechman and Michel Mercure and the Committee on Photography Fund. Image 2: Bill Brandt (British, born Germany. 1904–1983). Seaford, East Sussex Coast. 1957. Gelatin silver print. 9 x 7 11/16" (22.9 x 19.5 cm). Gift of David Dechman and Michel Mercure. The Museum of Modern Art | 11 West 53 Street | New York, NY 10019 To ensure you receive our e-mail, make sure you add support@enews-moma.org to your address book. If you prefer not to receive future email from The Museum of Modern Art, please .