Genius of Photography

Angelo

I discovered a great six-part series of programs on TV, did a little digging and found them available online.

I found each of these to be incredibly informative and inspirational. I hope you do also.



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Terrence

Here's the whole shebang, in order. Props go to Syl Arena for compiling all this. I just copied it.

<h3><span style="color: #ff0000;">The Genius of Photography Series</span></h3>
<p><strong>1. Fixing the Shadows</strong> - Tracks the first attempts to make images permanent and the mass appeal that the invention of Kodak created. <em>Featuring</em>: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/lartigue.shtml&quot; title="Jacques-Henri Lartique" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Jacques-Henri Lartigue</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/muybridge.shtml&quot; title="Edward Muybridge" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Eadweard Muybridge</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/kertesz.shtml&quot; target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Andre Kertesz</a> and others.<br />

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut00KGEwYL0&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 1, Part 1" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 1 - Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=didxUv3RJT8&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 1, Part 2" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 1 - Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEYWOholuH8&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 1, Part 3" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 1 - Part 3</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MKfqA4couY&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 1, Part 4" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 1 - Part 4</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVHtv8AttXw&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 1, Part 5" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 1 - Part 5</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb-nnsr7we8&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 1, Part 6" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 1 - Part 6</a></p>
<p><strong>2. Documents for Artists</strong> - After World War One the potential of photography attracted the attention of artists and governments alike. <em>Featuring</em>: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/ray.shtml&quot; title="May Ray photographs" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">May Ray</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/lange.shtml&quot; title="Dorothea Lange photographs" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Dorothea Lange</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/rodchenko.shtml&quot; title="Alexander Rodchenko photographs" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Alexander Rodchenko</a> and others.<br />

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsxt3eN00FM&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep2, Part 1" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 2 - Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3h9MbJB0aw&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 2, Part 2" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 2 - Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwlIJgSHQvA&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 2, Part 3" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 2 - Part 3</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQV1-_c5V9E&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 2, Part 4" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 2 - Part 4</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6NXxZoprLg&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 2, Part 5" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 2 - Part 5</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwauF6qlquY&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 2, Part 6" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 2 - Part 6</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaA6AAh_dps&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 2, Part 7" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 2 - Part 7</a></p>
<p><strong>3. Right Time, Right Place</strong> - Examines the photographs of D-Day, the Holocaust and Hiroshima raising questions about history as seen through the viewfinder. <em>Featuring</em>: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/ross.shtml&quot; title="Henryk Ross photographs" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Henryk Ross</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/smith.shtml&quot; title="W Eugene Smith photographs" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">W Eugene Smith</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/capa.shtml&quot; title="Robert Capa photographer" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Robert Capa</a> and others.<br />

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtnhCnQzXak&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 3, Part 1" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 3 - Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z2eVl2i1VM&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep3, Part 2" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 3 - Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_V0FLVj7io&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 3, Part 3" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 3 - Part 3</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBoCE7dcSuM&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 3, Part 4" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 3 - Part 4</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GeU1HqVh6Q&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 3, Part 5" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 3 - Part 5</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGdisFDll-I&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 2, Part 6" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 3 - Part 6</a></p>
<p><strong>4. Paper Movies</strong> - Charts the golden age of ‘photographic journeys’ and how the use of colour slowly became a credible medium for ’serious’ photographers. <em>Featuring</em>: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/shore.shtml&quot; title="Stephen Shore photographs" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Stephen Shore</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/jones.shtml&quot; title="Tony Ray Jones photographer" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Tony Ray Jones</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/ruscha.shtml&quot; title="Ed Ruscha photographer" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Ed Ruscha</a> and others.<br />

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r73sJhH1VzQ&quot; title="Genius of Photoraphy - Ep 4, Part 1" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 4 - Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o6tngzLsXk&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 4, Part 2" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 4 - Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArD494XbayU&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 4, Part 3" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 4 - Part 3</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtSjUWIhLNg&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 4, Part 4" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 4 - Part 4</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=114_sb6LG3c&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 4, part 5" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 4 - Part 5</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPZsSKOjkP0&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 4, Part 6" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 4 - Part 6</a></p>
<p><strong>5. We Are Family</strong> - Having conquered the street and the road, photographers approached the final frontier: the home, the self, and private life. <em>Featuring</em>: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/sultan.shtml&quot; title="Larry Sultan photographer" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Larry Sultan</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/sherman.shtml&quot; title="Cindy Sherman photographer" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Cindy Sherman</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/billingham.shtml&quot; title="Richard Billingham photographer" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Richard Billingham</a> and others.<br />

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3bfZmX4TMM&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 5, Part 1" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 5 - Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdruNTzOj4o&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 5, Part 2" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 5 - Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59PPhPj9p7I&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 5, Part 3" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 5 - Part 3</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R9RYvP4r7g&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 5, Part 4" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 5 - Part 4</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXmEZedj4y8&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 5, Part 5" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 5 - Part 5</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t837eQVGBrQ&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 5, Part 6" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 5 - Part 6</a></p>
<p><strong>6. Snap Judgments</strong> - 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. <em>Featuring</em>: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/parr.shtml&quot; title="Martin Parr photographer" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Martin Parr</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/crewdson.shtml&quot; title="Gregory Crewdson photographer" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Gregory Crewdson</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/keita.shtml&quot; title="Seydou Keita" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.bbc.co.uk');">Seydou Keita</a> and others.<br />

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTYnkgT-ak&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 6, Part 1" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 6 - Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PNBf0VNT-8&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 6, Part 2" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 6 - Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6t14MjqDqc&quot; title="Genius of Photography, Ep 6, Part 3" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 6 - Part 3</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip6VVJROKuw&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 6, Part 4" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 6 - Part 4</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C3SFer-6h4&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 6, Part 5" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 6 - Part 5</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCIk2RrwEjY&quot; title="Genius of Photography - Ep 6, Part 6" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.youtube.com');">Ep 6 - Part 6</a></p>
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wildviper

Thank you for sharing. Seems like excellent documentary. I just watched 1 part and am hooked.

David_S85

Watched a few so far. Really good production values and great info. Is this series available on an official DVD one can buy?

Tango

i watched many of the series on ovation so i went to their website to look if they sold DVD, but didnt see anything....

here are the links to their programs.

http://www.ovationtv.com

on that site i did a search for Genius of Photography and found links to compete segments of the programs...
(which is nice, eh?)

JAG

these are great! I remember alot of this stuff from College back in the 70's.

unclemu

Amazing series! I am and half way thorugh and hoping to get a chance in the next two days to finish it. Gotta love the BBC