Photo: A History from Behind the Lens(2009)
Overview
Explores the development of photography from its beginnings to more recent times.
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12 episodes • 2009Avg: 8.0Golden Era
Season 1
12 episodes • 2009Avg: 8.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrealist Photography | Dec 13, 2009 | 8.0 |
| 2 | The Primitives of Photography, 1850-1860 | Nov 4, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 3 | The New German Objectivity | Nov 11, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Staged Photography | Nov 18, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Pictorialism | Nov 25, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 6 | New Vision: Experimental Photography of the 1920s | Dec 2, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Photographing Intimacy | Nov 3, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 8 | The Inventors | Nov 10, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Found Images | Nov 17, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Press Usage | Nov 24, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Conceptual Photography | Dec 1, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 12 | After the Photo | Dec 8, 2013 | 8.0 |
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