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Bill Brandt and Francis Bacon

inspiration, other artists, portrait work | September 23rd, 2007

Brandt’s portrait of painter Francis Bacon has always left me speechless.

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photo: Francis Bacon © Bill Brandt, 1963.

3 Comments »

  1. … and Beautiful primrose hill

    Comment by Kristin — September 27, 2007 @ 5:37 am

  2. this photograph makes me uneasy as if i have eyes in the back of my head. the light is so rich, so meddled with. the lamppost slays me continuously.

    Comment by tRuth — November 8, 2007 @ 10:15 am

  3. This, yes. Did Photography mean more then because there were great artists working? The evidence remains. Today, the evidence is harder to see.

    Comment by B Pincombe — July 20, 2008 @ 7:51 pm

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