On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Duration: 59'08''

Synopsis

Drawing on the BBC's rich archive, this documentary reveals the working practices, lives and opinions of some of the greatest photographers of the last 60 years.

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Albert Watson | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Albert Watson | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 2'33''

The difference with Albert Watson's landscape photography is that he manipulates the images using any means necessary; in...

Angus McBean | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Angus McBean | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 3'31''

Archive recordings of Angus McBean reveal his beginnings in the theatre taking portrait photographs of Laurence Olivier.

Ansel Adams | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Ansel Adams | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 2'03''

Ansel Adams spoke to the BBC a year before his death about some of his most famous landscape photographs.

Beauty in fashion photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Beauty in fashion photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 3'36''

David Hurn was one of the first of the new breed of fashion photographers, who used to shoot in his own s...

Cindy Sherman | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Cindy Sherman | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 4'00''

Cindy Sherman's use of self-portraiture has set her apart from her peers as she transforms herself into unnerving charact...

Corinne Day and Kate Moss | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Corinne Day and Kate Moss | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 1'48''

Corinne Day, a former model, switched the focus from the photographer to the model and in doing so sparked Ka...

Different types of photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Different types of photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 1'03''

A brief rundown of the different types of photographer and their attributes.

Eve Arnold and Marilyn Monroe | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Eve Arnold and Marilyn Monroe | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 2'05''

Eve Arnold speaks about Marilyn Monroe, her attraction to the camera and why Eve enjoyed photographing her.

Industrial landscape photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Industrial landscape photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 1'42''

Chris Killip is drawn to the industrial North of England and the placement of people against industry.

Photography ethics | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Photography ethics | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 2'39''

Susan Sontag and Martin Parr appear in archive footage exploring the ethics of photography. (Contains nudity).

Robert Mapplethorpe | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Robert Mapplethorpe | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 3'06''

Robert Mapplethorpe was regarded as very controversial for his explicitly homosexual photographs during the AIDS cr...

The Decisive Moment | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

The Decisive Moment | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

BBC Four | 2017 | 2'00''

''The Decisive Moment'' is a term famed by Henri Cartier-Bresson referring to the moment all the elements in a phot...

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