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Post by John Parry on Oct 25, 2007 8:54:22 GMT -5
The BBC are running a program on the history of photography - if anyone's interested, here's a link to the gallery of the photographs used in the program:- www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/index.shtmlRegards - John ps - follow the links - the Camera Obscura one is great! |
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Post by kiev4a on Oct 25, 2007 16:07:37 GMT -5
W. Eugene Smith was a weird dude!
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Post by PeterW on Oct 25, 2007 18:19:06 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, John.
I missed tonight's episode but will try to catch the repeat of it on the 29th.
I went through the website, looking at the pictures. Some of them are very well known, though none the worse for that. Maybe they had a lot more tucked up their sleeves which weren't given to the webmaster. I hope so. I also hope they've got stuff from a more widely varied selection of photographers than those named. There's masses of stuff in the big picture libraries; the skill with a series of programmes like this is in choosing what to leave out. I enjoyed looking at the short video clip on the camera obscura.
So far it looks very promising. A series of programmes like this depends a lot on the scriptwriter and presenter, but the Beeb is usually good in its treatment of Channel Four documentaries. The producers aim at what must be, after all, a minority interest, and don't try to make 'popular good television' stuff to try to attract viewers from the mind-numbing soaps and sitcoms.
We shall see.
PeterW
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