Close-up portraits of artists’ eyes by Bill Brandt

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For some reason these photos pop out from Brandt’s sprawling, impressive portfolio. Maybe they were Brandt’s meditation on human expression, and all that can be communicated by the eyes alone. Or maybe it’s because these are the eyes of Alberto Giacometti and Jean Arp — people who, like Brandt, were famous for seeing the world differently.

Bill Brandt