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The act of looking

THOUGH born in Germany, Bill Brandt became Britain's photographer. His pictures of London in the 1930s, the Blitz and nudes are on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

By Economist.com

THOUGH born in Germany, Bill Brandt became Britain's photographer. His pictures of London in the 1930s, the Blitz and nudes are on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

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