Homes fit for heroes : photographs by Bill Brandt, 1939-1943 / Peter James and Richard Sadler.

Main entry:

Brandt, Bill, photographer.

Title & Author:

Homes fit for heroes : photographs by Bill Brandt, 1939-1943 / Peter James and Richard Sadler.

Publication:

Stockport : Dewi Lewis in association with Birmingham Library Services, 2004.
©2004.

Description:

112 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112).

Summary:

Despite Bill Brandt's fame and considerable influence on the development of modern photography the photographs in this book, taken during the war years, are a little known body of work. They illustrate the living conditions in a range of housing type but emphasise the contrast between slum and municipal housing.

ISBN:

1904587070
9781904587071

Subject:

Brandt, Bill Criticism and interpretation.
Brandt, Bill, 1905-1983 Criticism and interpretation.
Brandt, Bill
Brandt, Bill, (1904-1983) Critique et interprétation.
Bournville Village Trust.
Housing England Birmingham Pictorial works.
World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Grande-Bretagne.
Housing
Social conditions
Fotografie
Dokumentarfotografie
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) Grande-Bretagne.
Birmingham (England) Social conditions Pictorial works.
England Birmingham
Great Britain
England
Birmingham (GB) Conditions sociales Ouvrages illustrés.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Pictorial works

Added entries:

James, Peter, MA, author.
Sadler, Richard, author.

Photographs by Bill Brandt, 1939-1943

Holdings:

Location: Library main 236384
Call No.: TR140.B8214 H6 2004
Status: Available

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