Exploring Photography (6 Parts)

Synopsis: A series exploring the creative possibilities of still photography.
1: Not only can photography record movement, but it can also interpret it imaginatively. Includes an interview with Ernst Haas, international famous for his highly original colour photographs.
2: The visual challenge of portrait photography is illustrated through the work of American photographer Arnold Newman and British photographers Duffy and Griffin.
3: Deals with a wide variety of approaches to landscape photography, including the adventurous colour work of Ernst Haas and the more symbolic black-and-white of John Blakemore.
4: Two of Britain’s leading photo-journalists, Ian Berry and Don McCullin, illustrate the British way of life through strongly contrasting sytles.
5: Shows how photographers attempt to record the environment in which people live. Includes interviews with Chris Killip and American colour photographer Joel Meyerowitz.
6: Many photographers are exploring the limits of the photographic medium in order to discover new ways of expressing themselves. Includes an interview with British photographer Paul Hill.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 25 min.
Year of production: 1978
Availability: Sale; 1998 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1998 sale: £180.00 (+VAT +p&p) series
Notes: Reviewed in British Council VFR 98
Keywords: photography

Cast

Bryn Campbell

Title: Movement: Ernest Haas
Synopsis: 1: Not only can photography record movement, but it can also interpret it imaginatively. Includes an interview with Ernst Haas, international famous for his highly original colour photographs.
Title: Portraits: Arnold Newman
Synopsis: 2: The visual challenge of portrait photography is illustrated through the work of American photographer Arnold Newman and British photographers Duffy and Griffin.
Title: Landscapes: Blakemore and Haas
Synopsis: 3: Deals with a wide variety of approaches to landscape photography, including the adventurous colour work of Ernst Haas and the more symbolic black-and-white of John Blakemore.
Title: Social documentary: Berry and McCullin
Synopsis: 4: Two of Britain's leading photo-journalists, Ian Berry and Don McCullin, illustrate the British way of life through strongly contrasting sytles.
Title: Urban landscape: Killip and Meyerowitz
Synopsis: 5: Shows how photographers attempt to record the environment in which people live. Includes interviews with Chris Killip and American colour photographer Joel Meyerowitz.
Title: Image, The: Hill
Synopsis: 6: Many photographers are exploring the limits of the photographic medium in order to discover new ways of expressing themselves. Includes an interview with British photographer Paul Hill.

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