Programme 6: Snap Judgements
What is a photograph worth these days? The current record for a single image is $2.9m. From America to China to Africa, we examine how the business of being a photographer has been changed by the art market's sudden interest in what was once its poor relation.
Snap Judgements also looks at the impact of the digital post-production techniques that make anything possible.
Fixing the Shadows
Tracks the first attempts to make images permanent and the mass appeal that the invention of Kodak created.
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Documents for Artists
After World War One the potential of photography attracted the attention of artists and governments alike.
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Right Time, Right Place
Examines the photographs of D-Day, the Holocaust and Hiroshima raising questions about history as seen through the viewfinder.
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Paper Movies
Charts the golden age of 'photographic journeys' and how the use of colour slowly became a credible medium for 'serious' photographers.
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We Are Family
Having conquered the street and the road, photographers approached the final frontier: the home, the self, and private life.
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Snap Judgements (Programme 6)
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.
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