St. Paul's Cathedral in the Moonlight
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."
Artwork Details
- Title: St. Paul's Cathedral in the Moonlight
- Artist: Bill Brandt (British (born Germany), Hamburg 1904–1983 London)
- Date: 1939
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: Image: 22.9 x 19.9 cm (9 x 7 13/16 in.), irregularly trimmed
Sheet: 25 x 19.7 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/4 in.), irregularly trimmed - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Mrs. Walter Annenberg and The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 2005
- Object Number: 2005.100.660
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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