Esparza, Roman and Nigel Warburton, et al. — Bill Brandt

Madrid, Spain, Fundacion Mapfre / Thames & Hudson, 2020. Hardcover. grey cloth w/ bw illustration, vertical black printing. 289 pgs w/ 187 bw plates, other bw illustrations. text in English. "With a career spanning nearly half a century, Bill Brandt was a master of several major genres of photography: photojournalism, portraiture, the nude and landscapes. At first glance, Brandt's genres may appear unrelated, but when analysing his career in its entirety, a common theme comes to the forefront: what psychologist Sigmund Freud and philosopher Eugenio Trias called 'the sinister.' From his earliest photographs taken as an amateur in the 1930s to his late portraits and studies of the female body, Brandt expresses a fascination with the strange and dark aspects of life that only he can reveal. With 200 photographs from throughout Brandt's career, this book adds a crucial chapter to the analysis of this key figure in 20th-century photography. 'Bill Brandt' is set to become an authoritative retrospective. Exhibition: KBr Fundación Mapfre, Barcelona, Spain (09.10.2020 - 17.01.2021), Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung, Munich March - May 2021, Sala Recoletos Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, June - September 2021, FOAM, Amsterdam, September 2022 - January 2023"--WorldCat. Near Fine (removed from publisher's wrap to inspect; upper corners bumped w/ creasing) .