The shots Behrendt has selected are interesting, and include scenes that might otherwise fly by unnoticed. There are instantly recognisable politicians and emotive shots of flags and beaches, but there are also more oblique views of lecterns, or shadowy figures, or pointing fingers. “The images that I selected persuade, lie, convince, scare and seduce us,” he explains. “They are visual metaphors.”
Review of the newly published Blueprint 2017-20 by Norman Behrent out now in British Journal of Photography. Read the whole article here.
Face 16, (crying, MEPs sing “Auld Lang Syne”, as Brexit deal approved by the EU Parliament, 29 January 2020)
From book Blueprint 2017-20 by Norman Behrendt
Published by Kult Books