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The Genius of Photography (2007) · WatchGuide

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The Genius of Photography

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Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

How photography changed our lives

Documentary series exploring the history of photography - from daguerreotype to digital, from portraits to photo-journalism, from art to advertising.

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Director: Deborah Lee, Tim Kirby
Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 25, 2007
Network: BBC Four
Studio: BBC, Wall to Wall

Time to finish

6 hrs

6 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Denis Lawson

Denis Lawson

Narrator (voice)

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Episodes

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E1 · Airs Oct 25, 2007 · 1h 0m
Fixing the Shadows
This elegant, studious documentary - the first of a six-part series - leads us from ancient Rome to the Great War. Taking as its starting point the baffling natural phenomenon of camera obscura, it reveals how mathematician Henry Fox Talbot’s inability to draw led him to pioneer photographic methods, and how the new discovery made a big impression on painter Edgar Degas. The early tussle to see which photographic process would gain the upper hand is a fascinating one. Though occasionally dry and prone to pseudobabble, it covers a lot of territory, and Denis Lawson’s arch narration is the perfect accompaniment to some unforgettable images
E2 · Airs Nov 1, 2007 · 1h 0m
Documents For Artists
By the end of World War One photography had become the central medium of the age. Photographers began to turn their lenses to the plight of rural victims of the American Depression and minority communities. Alexander Rodchenko and August Sander found their artistic skills put to another use by the state – as propaganda. Documents for Artists focuses on the first few decades after World War One when the potential of photography attracted the attention of artists and governments alike.
E3 · Airs Nov 8, 2007 · 1h 0m
Right Time Right Place
Examines the photographs of D-Day, the Holocaust and Hiroshima raising questions about history as seen through the viewfinder.
E4 · Airs Nov 15, 2007 · 1h 0m
Paper Movies
After World War One the potential of photography attracted the attention of artists and governments alike.
E5 · Airs Nov 22, 2007 · 1h 0m
We Are Family
Having conquered the street and the road, photographers approached the final frontier: the home, the self, and private life.
E6 · Airs Nov 29, 2007 · 1h 0m
Snap Judgements
Shows how photography has become part of the art world where a single image can cost $2.9m and, in the digital world, where all images are possible.