Time and Light

Synopsis

John Berger’s expression of the nature of photography is presented over a sequence of photographs that represent the empirical, rhetorical and aesthetic within photography. The relationship between appearance and significance is explored. Participants include Berger, Marc Chaimowicz, Jo Spence and the critic Halla Beloff.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Year of production

1988

Availability

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Subjects

Art

Keywords

Berger, John; photography

Credits

Director

Roger Elsgood

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.