Bill Brandt’s Negative Beginnings

A MoMA exhibit of Bill Brandt’s photography emphasizes the primacy of the print in understanding his work, as he moved from favoring grays to stark blacks and whites.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/01/bill-brandts-negative-beginnings/?_r=0

For the photographer Bill Brandt, the reverse was true. His early social documentary work was rendered almost entirely in subtle midtones. It was only in his later, and more famous, nudes and landscapes that he made strikingly high-contrast prints.