Its cucumber season again in NY, the three H's, hot hazy and humid, NY is crowded with tourists, it's packed everywhere, the galleries exhibit group shows of their artists.

Nude, London, 1952, gelatin silver print, courtesy of the Bill Brandt Archive.

In The International Center of Photography, mid town, Ave of The Americas and 43rd st, " Bill Brandt - a retrospective ". A survey of the wide-ranging vision of renowned British photographer Bill Brant (1904-1983), the artist was born in Hamburg, Germany to an Anglo German family, This exhibition features over 150 photographs, many previously unseen, from Brandt's expressive photogornalistic and documentary work of the 1930s to his atmospheric landscapes, experimental nudes studies, and portraits of the 1940, 1950 and 1960.

"Francis Bacon walking on Primrose Hill", London, 1963.