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Shadows from Light (1983)

Shadows from Light (1983)

Documentary
Release Date: 1983, August 11
Directors: Stephen Dwoskin
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Stephen Dwoskin Films, Channel 4 Television

Overview:

Born in 1904, Brandt was a shy and enigmatic man who dominated British photography for decades. His early studies of class-divided Britain were followed by the postwar series of "distorted nudes", shot on beaches and inside rooms. The film is a fitting final portrait of Brandt (it was completed in the year he died), and recomposes his work in cinematic terms. The camera moves through an apartment where the pictures were taken, to reveal photographs scattered 'in situ'. These are panned to show the surrounding space, the angle of vision and a model who reconstructs Brandt's original image. Dwoskin emphasises visual atmosphere through the language of the eye.