St. Paul's Cathedral in the Moonlight

Bill Brandt

1939 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

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."

Artist

Bill Brandt

Date

1939

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gilman Collection, Purchase, Mrs. Walter Annenberg and The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 2005