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The Genius of Photography 2 - Documents for Artists

submitted by mauz15

1 decade 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago

In the decades following the First World War, photography was the central medium of the age. “Anyone who fails to understand photography”, said the Hungarian artist and photographer Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, “will be one of the illiterates of the future”. Precise, objective, rational and apparently machine-like, it was used to promote the radical utopia of the Soviet Union and to bring order and clarity to the chaos of Weimar Germany. But while some prized photography for its ability to objective documents others were using it to explore the irrational, the subjective and the surreal, photography’s natural language.

Examines in detail the work of some of the greatest and most influential modern photographers: Alexander Rodchenko, August Sander, Man Ray, Eugene Atget, Walker Evans and Bill Brandt. With contributions from Martin Parr, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joel Meyerowitz and Mark Haworth-Booth.

Source: http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=The_Genius_of_Photography

http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/programmes.shtml

Part 1: Fixing the Shadows:
(currently dead)
http://www.videosift.com/video/BBC-Four-Genius-Of-Photography-Episode-one-Part-One