Snapshots in the Dark

 

Jacob A Riis - Police Lodging Room, Church Street Station, 1895

Colin Ford explains how Riis's photographs of the New York slum had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society.

Julia Margaret Cameron: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, 1867

Colin Ford discovers how Cameron changed portraiture forever, thanks to her life-size reproduction of the head. (The disconcerting noise at the start is part of the programme; all will be revealed)

Four Legs Muybridge

Colin Ford discovers how Eadweard Muybridge's photos of animals revolutionised our understanding of movement.

Eddie Adams - Execution of a Vietcong Suspect, 1968

How Adams's photograph, seen around the world, impacted upon support for the Vietnam War.

Lennart Nilsson - The Inner Child

Colin Ford investigates the impact of Nilsson's photograph of a foetus taken inside its mother's womb.

 

Produced by Hilary Dunne

From December 1999.

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Each fie 6MB, Length 14 minutes, Bitrate 64kbps

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