Documentary series exploring the history of photography - from daguerreotype to digital, from portraits to photo-journalism, from art to advertising.
Air Date: 2007-10-25
This elegant, studious documentary - the first of a six-part series - leads us from ancient Rome to the Great War. Ta...
Air Date: 2007-11-01
By the end of World War One photography had become the central medium of the age. Photographers began to turn their l...
Air Date: 2007-11-08
Examines the photographs of D-Day, the Holocaust and Hiroshima raising questions about history as seen through the vi...
Air Date: 2007-11-15
After World War One the potential of photography attracted the attention of artists and governments alike.
Air Date: 2007-11-22
Having conquered the street and the road, photographers approached the final frontier: the home, the self, and privat...
Air Date: 2007-11-29
Shows how photography has become part of the art world where a single image can cost $2.9m and, in the digital world,...