How photography changed our lives
探索摄影史的纪录片系列——从银版照相到数码,从肖像到新闻摄影,从艺术到广告。
探索摄影史的纪录片系列——从银版照相到数码,从肖像到新闻摄影,从艺术到广告。
播出日期: 2007-10-25
运行时间: 60 min
概述: 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
播出日期: 2007-11-01
运行时间: 60 min
概述: 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.
播出日期: 2007-11-08
运行时间: 60 min
概述: Examines the photographs of D-Day, the Holocaust and Hiroshima raising questions about history as seen through the viewfinder.
播出日期: 2007-11-15
运行时间: 60 min
概述: After World War One the potential of photography attracted the attention of artists and governments alike.
播出日期: 2007-11-22
运行时间: 60 min
概述: Having conquered the street and the road, photographers approached the final frontier: the home, the self, and private life.
播出日期: 2007-11-29
运行时间: 60 min
概述: 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.