St. Paul's Cathedral in the Moonlight

Bill Brandt British, born Germany

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Many of Brandt's night views of London during the Blitz were made during blackouts imposed in an attempt to make the city less vulnerable to German bombers. Brandt later wrote: "The darkened town, lit only by moonlight, looked more beautiful than before or since. It was fascinating to walk through the deserted streets and to photograph houses which I knew well, and which no longer looked three-dimensional, but flat like painted stage scenery."

St. Paul's Cathedral in the Moonlight, Bill Brandt (British (born Germany), Hamburg 1904–1983 London), Gelatin silver print

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