Creative Camera editor dies

An actor of extraordinary intelligence, Scofield was noteworthy for his striking presence and distinctive voice, and for the clarity and unmannered intensity of his delivery. His versatility at the height of his career is exemplified by his starring roles in theatrical productions as diverse as the musical Expresso Bongo (1958) and Peter Brook's celebrated production of King Lear (1962).

How to ship a Picasso
8 June 2006

How do you ship a $95.2 million dollar painting? "Nail to nail service," which would cover all the customs paperwork, all the moving and even some help with hanging, could cost from $6,000 to $10,000. Insurance sold separately. Washington Post

Brandt in Boca Raton FLA
8 June 2006

The Bill Brandt Retrospective returns and opens at The Museum of Art in Boca Raton Florida with a private view on Tuesday 27th June. Boca Raton Museum

Luxury gets Kinky
8 June 2006

The opening of Kiki de Montparnasse, a space on Greene Street, in New York's SoHo, was high style. The art and photography included pieces by Man Ray, Bill Brandt, Tom Wesselman, Nobuyoshi Araki, Irving Penn, Robert Mapplethorpe, Thomas Ruff and Cindy Sherman. Let us know what you think.

The Metropolitan New York
features Bill Brandt

From the Great Depression to the late 1960s, artists such as Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Helen Levitt presented ambitious, artfully sequenced surveys of their work in monographic form. This exhibit of 35 prints comprises suites of photographs from six milestones in the history of photography, from Walker Evans’s Many Are Called—featuring his legendary hidden-camera portraits of subway passengers—to Robert Frank’s beat-era classic The Americans, with an introduction by Jack Kerouac.

Six things you should know about the photo market

In November 2004, at Phillips de Pury in New York, a collection of 300 photos from the 1980s earned an eye-popping $9.2 million, the highest ever total for photography at auction. Forbes

The Nude: A Centenary Exhibition - Edwynn Houk Gallery, NY

The studies are quirkily, not conventionally, erotic. Early on, he tended to photograph his nudes melodramatically in dark, sparsely furnished interiors, producing works like the cleverly lighted "Campden Hill, 1949," in which the head and gracefully curved back of a seated nude appears in the foreground as she gazes toward a bed in the deep interior. In later pictures, he made near-abstractions of bodies, closing in on parts, distorted or exaggerated by odd angles of focus and perspective and lighted for sharp contrasts of black and white.Their artifice blends with that of the natural world to create a poet's vision. Grace Glueck -The New York Times

Art market prices head for record highs

In November 2004, at Phillips de Pury in New York, a collection of 300 photos from the 1980s earned an eye-popping $9.2 million, the highest ever total for photography. Art prices are now at their highest levels since the speculative bubble burst back in 1990. If prices advance at the same pace as in 2004, they could surpass November 1990 highs by November 2005, thus taking art market prices to unprecedented levels.

The index for the main art movement showing trends from 1990 - Dec 2004 shows Contemporary Photographs up 57%. Holding Brandt prints over the period 1997 to 2004 would show a gain of 248%. Art Market Insight

Showcasing pioneers of a modern art form

Britain caught up with Picture Post, whose greatest star was Bill Brandt, celebrated in two fine books this year. Bill Brandt: Behind the Camera (Aperture £19) gives a brief, intelligently illustrated picture of his career while Bill Brandt: A Life by Paul Delany (Cape £35) is an in-depth assessment of the life and achievement of this complex, reclusive and amazingly talented man. It is an essential book for photography buffs. [more] Baltimore Sun

London The National Portrait Gallery | 2004

The first chance in twenty years to see a remarkable collection of great photographic portraits by legendary photographer Bill Brandt (1904 - 1983). This display complements the major exhibition being mounted by the Victoria and Albert Museum, Bill Brandt: A Centenary Retrospective (24 March -25 July 2004).

Selected from over 112 works by Brandt in the National Portrait Gallery collection, this display brings together 40 photographs, including a number of rare vintage prints from the 1940s ranging from Cecil Day-Lewis and T.S. Eliot to John Piper and Augustus John. From the 1950s and 60s come Brandt's memorable portraits of Peter Sellers, René Magritte and Harold Pinter. The 1970s and 80s are represented by his portraits of Martin Amis, Ted Hughes, David Hockney, Glenda Jackson and Bridget Riley.

Books of the Year 2004

The Times, London Britain caught up with Picture Post, whose greatest star was Bill Brandt, celebrated in two fine books this year. Bill Brandt: Behind the Camera (Aperture £19) gives a brief, intelligently illustrated picture of his career while Bill Brandt: A Life by Paul Delany (Cape £35) is an in-depth assessment of the life and achievement of this complex, reclusive and amazingly talented man. It is an essential book for photography buffs.

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