370 Riverside Drive #10A
New York 10025
Tel: 845 5320127

My body of work is an accumulation of my life-time experience of photography, architecture and real
estate, (a photographer and proprietor), all accomplished side-by-side over a period of 45 years.
I have several portfolios: painted architecture, mirrored image architectural studies, abstract views,
multi-exposed images, sectional studies as sculptures, and more; see my website!
www.PeterBrandt.com
My photography career started in an industrial photo studio. I was assigned to shoot pavilions for the
International Worlds Fair; Montreals Expo 67. Four years into this genre, I discovered fashion and
advertising photography, all the while shooting for my personal interest of abstract graphic designs, and abstract views of architecture.
After thirty odd years, while living in Manhattan, I returned to architectural photography and its art.

For the last 10 years, while I paint my architectural images, I shut down my analytical mind and allow my emotion and instinct to direct my computer mouse brush. I paint not in a conventional way.

I have been influenced by working with fine art artists, architects, art directors and creative directors in advertising, as well as, my own life long studies and interests in the fine arts.

Photographers like ManRay, Alfred Stieglitz, and Alexander Rodchenko have had great influence on me, as well as painters like Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian.

During my life as a commercial photographer, I ve always had a feeling of wanting to pursue art as a
career. Now, I am living the change.

I have retired from commercial photography, so that client list is pointless. My new career is fine art photography specializes in architecture, graphic patterns, foto-painting.
My work has been archived with:
New York Historical Society, Museum of the City of NY, Canadian Center for Architecture.

Bio / Résumé: PETER C. BRANDT
Commercial (advertising & fashion) photographer for 50 years, and now concentrating in photographic fine art.

Born: Hamburg Germany May 16,1947
Montreal, Canada 1952 – 1982
New York City 1982 - 2008
Woodstock (Bearsville) NY, Oct. 2008 -
+Manhattan NY April 2012 -

Experience:
Began with my father’s camera, a Kodak twin-lens box camera at age 14,
Started in architectural photography in 1964. Four years later, I apprenticed in consumer advertising photography at Penthouse Studios, Montreal Canada. Following three years; I started my own studio doing advertising, beauty and fashion. Moved to New York City in 1982. In 2008 I moved to my country house and started a new career in fine art photography. Some 34 years later, I’m back to architectural and doing personal work; Architectural art.
First owned a commercial studio at age 23, in Montreal Qc. 1970-‘82.
Second studio in New York City July 1982, to Oct. 2008.

Fine Art career starts 2008
Digital studio in Bearsville, (Woodstock) Oct.2008 – to present
Home gallery in Manhattan April 2012 -

Publications:
Photomag Quebec, cover and inside story, April 1980,
Hot Shoe International magazine; Review of Acute Café solo exhibit, Sept.’84
Agfa Gevaert endorsement advert featuring my Fantasy Photography for Agfachrome April,1985
Starbright: 3 Childrens books: Opposites, Where Does It Go, Happy Birthday 1998
Popular Photography Magazine; feature article on children photography, Feb. 1994
New York 2000, Robert AM Stern book, pg 713, Hilton Hotel / 42nd St Project, pub: 2007

*Throughout my life in advertising, I was published in magazines, posters, newspapers & billboards.

Educator & Lectures:

-Advertising Council of Montreal, lecture on advertising photography, Fall of 1981,

-TV show featured on “World of Photography”, NYC (MCTV: ch.M), June 30 1984

-School of Visual Arts, NYC., taught Fashion Photography: 1987-8-9

-Prof. Photographers of New Jersey, Edison NJ: slides show and talk, Feb. 1991

-LaGuardia High School, Art Dept., lecture a photography class, Nov. 1994
Volunteer to art dept. to shoot portfolios for college student applications 1994-‘07

-Board of Directors, Center for Photography in Woodstock (CPW), 2002, & 2003,

-Guest instructor at Webster University, St.Louis MO., Photoshop class Nov.2004

-Started up a photographers review art group at CPW, Woodstock, 2001-

-Hafele Manhattan, “Top 10 Tips to Architects” , lecture and slide show on a
D.I.Y. in architectural photography, (1.0 AIA CES credit) April 26, 2007

Exhibits:

NYC Ad Agencies: Young & Rubicam, Grey Advertising, Ogilvy & Mathers 1985-89

Acute Café, Soho NYC, solo show, sponsored by Agfa-Gevaert, July 1984

Limelight, 660 Sixth Ave., NYC., solo exhibit of fantasy fashion images, Feb.18, 1985

Heartbreak Club, Varick, St., NYC, Solo show Fantasy Photography, Oct. 2 1985

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburg Pa., 4 prints in group show, Nov. 1990

FujiFilm, 4 blow-ups exhibited at PhotoPlus-Expo, Jacob Javits Center, NYC, Oct 2000

Learning Curve, Jacob.Javitts Toy Expo, 12 child blowups Jan. 2000

Woodstock Art Assoc.& Museum, group show, 2001

Mercedes Benz Gallery, Manhattan, 35 print solo show, July 2-31, 2003

May Gallery, at Webster University, St Louis MO, solo show Nov. 2004,
Sold to permanent art collection of Webster University

Noho NY: group show in and around lower Broadway, NYC, June 2007

NY Historical Society Museum, NYC, 4 prints: 9/11- WTC disaster Aug 2006 –Jan2007
Second tower collapse series, anniversary exhibit

National Arts Club, group show, NYC., TWA B/W photo series, ’02, ’05, ’06, ’07, Feb.6 - 23, 2008
Avant Gallery, Miami FL. 16 photo exhibit of painted architecture Oct.10, 2009 to Jan. 2010 also shown during Photo Miami ‘09, & Art Basel Miami ‘09, group show

Photographic Arts & Imaging, group show The National Arts Club, Manhattan December 2009

Museum of the City of New York: World tour retrospect exhibit of the Eero Saarinen’s life work
36 photographs are part of the TWA section Nov. 10, 2009 to Jan 31,2010

Bank of America, Woodstock, NY branch, TWA design photos March 2-31, 2010
Also in May, June, July, & Sept 2011
Oriel 9 Café, Woodstock, NY May 15-31, 2010

Salmagundi Club, Manhattan NY, Juried group Photography exhibit 1986,1990, 2010, 2014

TWA exhibit at terminal #5 at JFK airport New York City 8 foot tall print of an October 2010
aerial view of the whole terminal building, group show with Ezra Stoller permanent exhibit

New York Public Library (Carnegie Hill branch) July, Aug., & Sept 2011
NY Public Library, 2900 Broadway (Morningside Heights) May & June 2013

Durst Organization 1133 Ave of the Americas, full lobby solo exhibit Ap.-May 2012

ArtSlant.com, on-line exhibits / juried competitions 2010, ’13,‘14
Masters Cup, on-line juried competition 2013

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Collections:

Abstract of 380 Madison Ave., Art collection of Mrs. Leslyn Green Rigoni, 73 Fifth Ave. New York NY,

Webster University, Painted Trump Tower, May Gallery, St. Louis, MO.,

Museum of the City of New York; 36 photos of TWA 2004, at Eero Saarenin Retrospect exhibit, 11/’09
The Library of Congress,
The National Park Service,
The National Registry of Historical Places
1)TWA terminal #5 at JFK airport NYC
The last official photographic record before construction of new Jet Blue terminal: 2004-05.

2) Newark Airport, NJ photographs: ‘original terminal’ photographed in the year 2000
Photographic documentation of original terminal building before building’s relocation and restoration

NY Historical Society, New York City
1-Series of four sequential photographs of 9 / 11,WTC 2nd tower collapse,
2-TWA terminal 40 Years Later, 47 -8x10 prints

Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal Canada
Has accepted 60 -8x10’s for a permanent print collection of
1- Montreal EXPO’67 photographs, 1966-67
2- Lafontaine Tunnel Surveillance installation 1965, Montreal
3- Dominion Square, SunLife Bldg construction, Montreal

Best Award was getting paid to have fun all my life, can't help but take photographs. Please see my web page for such lists of awards and exhibits, too many to put here: peterbrandt.com