He started photographing in December 2000, beginning the body of work that is his signature subject matter and style. Brandt's first book of photographs, "On This Earth", was published in October 2005, by Chronicle Books. A second book, A Shadow Falls, was published by Abrams Books, New York, 2009. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions in worldwide, including London, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Hamburg, Santa Fe, Sydney, Melbourne and San Francisco.