BBC Genius Of Photography Series

Below is the entire BBC series The Genius of Photography in 10 minute YouTube installments...sorry that is the only way to see it online I'm afraid at this point. Part one has a few minutes of commercials but the rest are continuous.

Fantastic and very inspirational!!

Episodes

1. Fixing the Shadows
   Examines the first attempts to make images permanent and the mass appeal that the invention of Kodak created.
   Featured Photographers: Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Eadweard Muybridge, Andre Kertesz.
   
   Episode 1 - Part 1
   Episode 1 - Part 2
   Episode 1 - Part 3
   Episode 1 - Part 4
   Episode 1 - Part 5
   Episode 1 - Part 6
   
   
2. Documents for Artists
   After World War One the potential of photography attracted the attention of artists and governments alike.
   Featured Photographers: Man Ray, Dorothea Lange, Alexander Rodchenko.
   
   Episode 2 - Part 1
   Episode 2 - Part 2
   Episode 2 - Part 3
   Episode 2 - Part 4
   Episode 2 - Part 5
   Episode 2 - Part 6
   Episode 2 - Part 7
   
   
3. Right Time, Right Place
   Examines the photographs of D-Day, the Holocaust and Hiroshima raising questions about history as seen through the viewfinder.
   Featured Photographers: Henryk Ross, W Eugene Smith, Robert Capa.
   
   Episode 3 - Part 1
   Episode 3 - Part 2
   Episode 3 - Part 3
   Episode 3 - Part 4
   Episode 3 - Part 5
   Episode 3 - Part 6
   
   
4. Paper Movies
   Charts the golden age of ‘photographic journeys’ and how the use of colour slowly became a credible medium for ’serious’ photographers.
   Featured Photographers: Stephen Shore, Tony Ray Jones, Ed Ruscha.
   Episode 4 - Part 1
   Episode 4 - Part 2
   Episode 4 - Part 3
   Episode 4 - Part 4
   Episode 4 - Part 5
   Episode 4 - Part 6
   
   
5. We Are Family
   Having conquered the street and the road, photographers approached the final frontier: the home, the self, and private life.
   Featured Photographers: Larry Sultan, Cindy Sherman, Richard Billingham.
   Episode 5 - Part 1
   Episode 5 - Part 2
   Episode 5 - Part 3
   Episode 5 - Part 4
   Episode 5 - Part 5
   Episode 5 - Part 6
   
   
6. Snap Judgments
   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.
   Featured Photographers: Martin Parr, Gregory Crewdson, Seydou Keita.
   Episode 6 - Part 1
   Episode 6 - Part 2
   Episode 6 - Part 3
   Episode 6 - Part 4
   Episode 6 - Part 5
   Episode 6 - Part 6

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