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Photo: A History from Behind the Lens

Show Info

  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: December 13, 2009
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 12
  • Networks: ARTE
  • Genres: Documentary
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Photo: A History from Behind the Lens(2009)

TMDB Rating: 7.0 (3 votes)

Overview

Explores the development of photography from its beginnings to more recent times.

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Season 1

12 episodes • 2009Avg: 8.0Golden Era

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Surrealist PhotographyDec 13, 20098.0
2The Primitives of Photography, 1850-1860Nov 4, 20128.0
3The New German ObjectivityNov 11, 20128.0
4Staged PhotographyNov 18, 20128.0
5PictorialismNov 25, 20128.0
6New Vision: Experimental Photography of the 1920sDec 2, 20128.0
7Photographing IntimacyNov 3, 20138.0
8The InventorsNov 10, 20138.0
9Found ImagesNov 17, 20138.0
10Press UsageNov 24, 20138.0
11Conceptual PhotographyDec 1, 20138.0
12After the PhotoDec 8, 20138.0

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