Name: Episode 1 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History
Uploaded: 2024-12-10
Duration: 58 min 57 s
Description: Episode 1 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History | Eamonn McCabe explores how science and technology allowed pioneering photographers like Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Cameron to create a new art form.

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Eamonn McCabe explores how science and technology allowed pioneering photographers like Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Cameron to create a new art form.

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Episode 1 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

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